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CALENDAR
OF
DOCUMENTS IN FRANCE.
e 92684.
CALENDAR
OF DOCUMENTS PRESERVED IN
F E A N C E,
ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTOKY OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
VOL. I.
A.D. 918-1206.
EDITED Br
J. HORACE ROUND, M.A.
JUBHSHED BY ATJTHOEITT OP THE 10ED8 COMMISSIOIfEBS OF HEK MAJESTY'S TREASURY
17irDER THE BIBECTIOK OF THE MASTER OF THE BOLLS.
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For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
UPPER NORMANDY
^SbiNE iNffiBIEUEE
Rouen Cathedral
Holy TitiNiTr^PEiOET, Rouen
Abbey of St. Amand, Rouen
Abbey op St. Ouen, Rouen
Town of Rouen -
Abbey of Fecamp -
Abbey of Jumieges
Abbey of St. Wandeille
Abbey of Foucaemont
Abbey op Bocheeville
Abbey op Bondeville
PeIOBY op LoNGftJEVILLB
Abbey op Te^poet
Hospital op Pont-Audemee
Abbey op Le Valassb
Miscellaneous
EUEB
EvEEux Cathedeal
Abbey op St. Tauein, IJveeux -
Abbey op Peeaux
Abbey op Bec-Hellouin -
Pbioey op Enveemeu
Peioey of St. Maetin du Bosc -
Abbey of Lieb
Miscellaneous
LOWER NORMANDY
Calvados . - - -
Abbey op Holy Teinity, Cabn -
Abbey op St. Stephen, Cabn-
Abbey op Teoaen -
Abbey op Aedennes-
Abbby op Aunay -
Peioey op Plessis-G-eimould
Peioey op Ste. Baebe-bn-Auge
Abbey op St. Desie
Abbey of St. Pieerb-sue-Dives -
Abbey op St. Ande:b-en-Goupfben -
Abbey op St. Jean db Falaise -
Miscellaneous
Oene - - -
Abbey op St. Eyeoul
Abbey op Sees
Abbey op Silly - -
Abbey op La Teappe -
Abbey op Almenesches - -
Abbey op Lonlay -
Pages
- 1-140
1-96
1-19
- 20-24
- 25-28
- 29-31
- 32-36
- 37-53
54-57, 526
58-^2, 526
- 63^65
66-71
- 72-73
- 74-79
- 80-82
- 83-87
88
- 89-96
- 94-140
- 97-104
- 105-107
108-119
120-131
- 132-133
134
135-136
- 137-140
- 141-351
- 141-217
■ 141-153
■ 154-163
• 164-181
■ 182-183
184-189
190-196
■ 197-200
201
202-206
207-212
213-215
216-217
218-248
218-231
232-240
241-244
245
246
247-248
a 3
IV
LOWER NORMANDY— cont.
La Manche - - .
Abbey of Mont St. Michel
Abbey of La Luzerne
Abbey of Montmobel -
Abbey "des Blanches," Moetain
Abbey op Savigny
Abbey of Blanchelande
Abbey of Monteboukg-
Abbey of St. Lo, Coutances
Abbey of Hambye
Abbey of Lessay
Abbey " de Voto," Cheeboueg
Coutances Cathedral
Prioey of St. Feomond
Abbey op St. Sauteue-le-Vicomte
PERCHE :
Abbey of Tiron
MAIKE - . . . .
Le Mans Cathedral
Abbey of Pbeseigne
Abbey op La Codtueb, Le Mans -
Abbey op St. Vincent, Le Mans
Miscellaneous
ANJOU
Abbey of Ponteveault
Abbey of St. Ploeent-de-Saumue
NOEMAN PeIOEIES
English Peioeies
Peioey of Selb -
Peioey of Monmouth -
Peioey of Spoele
Peioey op Andovee - -
Hospital op St. Jean, Angees
Miscellaneous
TOURAINE :
Abbey op Maemoutiee
Peioey of Vietix Belesme -
Peioey op St. Vigoe-en-Peeeieebs
Peioey of Moetain -
Peioey of St. Georges de Bohon
Peioey of Lehon
Peioey of St. Maey, Yoek
Peioey op Newpoet Pagnel
Peioey op Alleeton
AQUITAINE
Abbey op La Sauve Majeuee
Peioey op Buewell
Abbey op St. Ceoix, Boedeaux
Peioey op La Rsole - - .
Miscellaneous
vendOme and CHARTRES -
Abbey of Vend6me
Abbey of St. PIjeb, Chaetees
Pages
. 249-351
249-280
- 281-283
284
285-286
287-308
309-312
- 313-322
323-324
- 325-326
- 327-333
. 334-340
341-344
345
346-351
352-358, 527
- 359-371
- 359-361
- 362-363
- 364-366
- 367-369
- 370-371
372-420
- 372-394
- 395-416
395-402
402-404
- 405-406
406-414
414
415
- 417-418
419-420
- 421-445
- 429-430
430-433
433-437
437-440
440-441
- 442-444
- 444-445
445
- 446-454
446-449
- 448-449
450-451
452
- 453-454
455-458
455
- 456-458
PARIS - . -
Peioey op St. Maexin des Champs
EOTAL ChAETEES, ETC.
PICARDY ....
Abbey op Aebouaise
Town of Calais . - .
FLANDERS
Peioey op Hesdin -
Abbey op St. Beetin
Town of St. Omee
Abbey op Claiemaeais
Documents at Lille
Abbey des Dunes
Abbey op St. Peteb, Ghent -
BURGUNDY :
Abbey op Cluny
APPENDIX I.
Abbey of Mobtemeb -
Abbey op St. Stephen, Caen
Abbey op Bon Repos -
Comte D'Eu
Miscellaneous
APPENDIX IL ...
APPENDIX III.
Pages
459-478
459-463
464-478
479-480
479-480
480
481-505
481-482
483-491
491
492-493
494-496
497-499
500-505
506-517
518-528
518-519
620-522
523
524-525
526-528
529-538
539-540
VI
OORRIGENiDA.
p. 1 1, 1. 39. For " Wilellmo " read " Willelmo."
p. 13,1.24. l^or " themselves and the " redfi " themselves ; and the.
p. 18,-1. 43. For " A[nthonio] " read " A[nselmo]."
1. 25. For " [from it], shall " read " [from it] shall."
p. 42,1,19. i^or " horses " read " houses."
p. 75, 1. 23. For " word" read " wood."
p. 122, 1. 40. For " Amulf. He " read " Arnulf, he."
p. 144. For " 1174, 20 Jan." read " 1183, 20 Jan.-'
p. 145. For •• 1174, 20 Jan." read " 1183, 20 Jan."
p. 161, 1. 11. For "freeman" read " freemen."
p. 195, 1. 18. For " charters of Eichard " read " charters of Henry II."
p. 195, 1. 23. For " maugerio " read "Maugerio."
p. 197. For " DrvE " read " Dives."
p. 202-206. For " St. Piekee-stjk-Dive " read " St. Pierke-sue-Dives."
r- 208, 1. 9. For " vicomte " read "vicomte"
p. 209, 1. 44. For " Richard I. the seneschal " read "^Richard I., the seneschal."
p. 214, 1. 6. i^or " episcopo, Sagii " read " episcopo Sagli."
p. 217, 1. 22. Supply "Elyensi " before " electo."
p. 225, 1. 33. For " Rotrode " read " Rotrodo."
p. 232, 1. 1. For " Sees " read " Sees."
p. 246. For " 25 June " read " 26 June."
p. 248, 1. 7. " Turouum." Add note " rectius Tm-onim."
p. 315, 1. 33. For " count " read " earl."
p. 333, 1. 38. For " exaltanionis " read " exaltationis."
p. 348, 1. 32. For "Friday's " read " Fridays."
p. 367, 1. 26. For " quondam " read " quendam."
p. 381, 1. 30. For "prevote" read " prdvdte."
p. 383, 1. 30. For " done the king of France, may '' read " done, the king of France may."
p. 392, 1. 18. For " Rothomagensi " read " Eboracensi."
p. 407, 1. 13. For " Blacan Awee " read " Blacan Awre."
p. 409. No. 1140, should have been placed on p. 406, after No. 1132.
p. 41 1, 1. 37. For " Oswestry " read " Whitchurch."
p. 413, 1. 2. i^br " Oswestry " rearf " Whitchurch."
p. 423, 1. 1 1. For " died' " read " died^."
p' 430, 1. 14. For " archidiaconi " read "archidiacono."
p. 432, 1. 36. For " virguto " read " virgulto."
For " [—1206] " read " [circ. 1200.]"
Note 3. For " Argentam " read " Argentan."
p. 441, 1. 25. For " St. Maclou " read " St. Malo."
p. 485, 1. 1 . For " king Henry " read " king Henry his."
pp. 506-509, 513-516, in marginal notes. For " Bourgoyne " read " Bourgogne!"
p. 525, 1. 4. For " sheeps' wool " read " sheep's wool."
PREFACE.
The documents dealt with in this calendar were, for
the most part, transcribed for the old Record Commission
more than sixty years ago. On the dissolution of that
Commission its labours terminated abruptly aiad no
steps were taken to utilise these transcripts, of which
a great aumber had then been executed at no incon-
siderable cost. A list of the volumes into which
they had been bound, according to the places from
which they had been obtained, was printed in 1885 as
an Appendix to the Syllabus, in English, of Rymer's
" Pcedera "; but no attempt has hitherto been made to
render their contents available to the public. In dealing
with so vast a mass of material, some principle had to be
adopted ; and it was decided that priority of treatment
ought to be awarded to those documents which are
anterior to the date at which our English series of
enrolments begin, namely, the close of the twelfth
century. And, as the bulk of these early documents is
found among the transcripts from Normandy, the year
1206 was selected as one which would amply cover the
loss of that province, terminating the period of a century
and a half during which it was connected with England.
No document, therefore, is included which appears to be
certainly later in date than 1206.^
Although it is desirable, as a general rule, to print
in extenso all documents older than the thirteenth
century, the adoption in this instance of a calendar
^ A solitary exception has been made in the case of "No. 70, as relating
to an interesting incident of earlier date.
vm PKEFACE.
in English will, it is hoped, prove sufl&cient for all
practical purposes, as the transcripts in fuU can, ia
most cases, be consulted at the Public Record Office.
The lists of witnesses, however, are given in Latin
throughout, as, it wiU be generally admitted, is abso-
lutely essential.
Valuable, and in some cases unique, as is the material
acquired by the Commission, the necessity of making
it the basis of the work has caused some difficulty. It
is a far easier task to approach documents de novo, and
to deal with them on a uniform system, than to utilise
the transcripts made by several different individuals
whose systems of arrangement varied widely, and whose
principles in selecting documents were not wholly
identical. The transcripts, for instance, from Lower
Normandy are arranged under religious houses, while
those from the upper portion of the province are classified
according to the status of the parties from whom they
proceed. Others, again, are found in miscellaneous
parcels, with no arrangement at all. It has here been
decided to group the documents under the names of those
religious houses to which they severally relate. Except in
the Archives Nationales of France, the documents at this
early date are almost all connected with some religious
house ; the few which are not are here placed among
" Miscellaneous " groups. Within the above groups the
arrangement is roughly chronological, but where charters of
different dates are very closely related, as in Nos. 998-1003,
they have been placed together for the convenience
of the student. This has involved the re-arrangement
of all the documents transcribed, a task of much
difficulty and trouble; but it will be easy to identify
the transcript calendared, as its number in the MS.
volume is given in the marginal note.
PEEFACE. ix
With regard to the text, it should be clearly under-
stood that the documents which are here calendared are
transcripts. A systematic collation, in foreign archives,
of the text would have been equivalent to a new under-
taking; and all that was originally contemplated was
the utilisation of the transcripts executed for the Record
Commission. But, although originally intended for
publication as received, the transcripts have not been so
treated. Their text has been carefully revised by the
editor, who received instructions that in those cases
where the text appeared to him suspicious, it should,
where possible, be verified abroad. He has, for his
own satisfaction, gone considerably further, and collated,
as wUl be seen by the notes, a large number of the
transcripts with the sources whence they were derived.
But the difficulties in the way of such a collation have
proved threefold. In the first place, many of the docu-
ments transcribed are, as will be shown below, no longer
forthcoming ; secondly, to those series of charters which
have not yet been examined and catalogued, by the
authorities in Erance, access is difficult to obtain,
and in some cases impossible, as in the archives of
the Seine Inf^rieure, where the editor was informed
that S4rie H. was not available for collation ; thirdly,
the indications given by those who executed the tran-
scripts are insufficient for identification, charters being
only described (because then uncatalogued) as existing
in certain archives, while the folio, in the case of
a cartulary, is generally omitted. It was necessary,
therefore, to identify the documents before undertaking
their collation ; and this was rendered extremely laborious
in the case of separate documents, by the system of
the Iwcentaires Sommwires, while, in that of cartularies,
an entire volume had to be examined to discover the
folios from which the text of the charters, often but
X PEEFACB.
few in number, had been transcribed. As the result,
howeyer, of this labour, the editor bas been enabled to
append the present official reference for documents
inventoried up to date, together with precise indications
for those derived from cartularies.
Advantage was taken of the opportunity presented by
this work of revision to traverse again the ground from
which the transcripts were derived, ia order to ascertain
whether any documents had been omitted. The result was
a large addition to the number previously transcribed, as
will be made evident by those marginal references which
contain no mention of a transcript. For instance, of
the forty-five charters relating to the abbey of Bee and
its priories (Nos. 357-401), twenty-nine have been added
by the editor, including the original grant of Little
Ogboume manor, which corrects the received history
(No. 374). From the cartulary, at Evreux, of St. Taurin's
abbey, only three charters were extracted: the editor
has added three others, one of which corrects the
narrative of the Lacys' foundation in Ireland of Fore
abbey ,^ while another contains welcome evidence on
the Norman settlement of Gower. It would be possible
to give many similar examples. In addition to this
fresh search among the Norman archives, the editor
volunteered, on his own responsibility, to explore certain
archives outside Normandy, in order to include in this
calendar such documents of value as they might contain.
For this purpose he visited Le Mans, Angers, Bordeaux,
and other places, and was thus enabled to supplement
tne labours of the Record Commission, and to calendar
documents of great interest for English history in the
twelfth century.
1 Annals of Ireland, A.D. 1210, in Cartularies of St. Mark's Abbey,
DubUn (Rolls), II. 30.
PREFACE. XI
He may, perhaps, be permitted to state that the
actual results are no indication of the amount of labour
incurred. The examination of cartularies yielded, in
some cases, but one or two charters; in others, none
at all. But, as the Bishop of Oxford has forcibly
observed, in his lecture on "The Present Status and
Prospects of Historical Study " : —
" There are fields of work in History as well as Natural Science
in which experiment is to be treated as result In
historical study I should place among the lawful researches and
results the investigation of foreign libraries the
calendaring and cataloguing of manuscripts, — all sorts, in fact,
of investigation on which it was d priori reasonabty probable
that discoveries would be made ; . . . . even if in that sense,
of result, there were no result but the discovery that there was
nothing to discover." ^
Such, in the opinion of the recognised head of the
English historical school, is the research now needed.
It may here be desirable to state the principle of
selection adopted. Broadly speaking, the object of this
calendar is to render practically useful to the student
a great mass of miscellaneous material, illustrating
English history, political and institutional, topography,
genealogy, and chronology. Keeping in view this object,
the editor has exercised his discretion as to documents
suitable for insertion, except in the case of the old
transcripts, which he has felt bound to utUise. Some
of them, especially among those executed by M. D'Anisy,
have for an English student a scarcely appreciable
interest ; and, in the case of lengthy charters, much of
the material is here omitted (the omission being duly
indicated) as of absolutely no value for the object
described above. On the other hand, documents which,
at first sight, appear to have no connexion with England,
have often an indirect but important bearing on its
1 Lectures on Mediceval and Modern History, pp. 41-2.
xil PREFACE.
history. Some instances in point will be found below,
but it is, of course, impossible to give, in all such cases,
the reasons for inclusion.
All charters of English kings and of their immediate
relatives have been systematically included. The impor-
tance of such evidence has only lately been realised^;
but it is not too much to say that the history of our
Norman kings cannot be placed on a sure documentary
and chronological basis until their charters have at least
been calendared, and, so far as possible, dated. The
many chronological difficulties of this still obscure period
have led the editor to include another class of docu-
ments, namely, those which afford proof that certain
persons, at a certain date, were present at a certain
place.
The original transcribers were directed, it would seem,
not to deal with any documents already printed in the
Monasticon Anglicanmn, and this principle has been
here adhered to, although the Monasticon text is at
times deplorably corrupt. Indeed, in such a case as
No. 736, the inclusion of a more correct version needs
no apology. Pocuments, also, known to hare been
printed in any publication of the E-ecord Commission
are here passed oyer. But, in both these classes, a
reference is given to the place where the text has been
printed; and if, on collation, the MS. was found to
contain additional witnesses, these have been duly given.
In the case of cartularies published abroad by societies
or private individuals, the documents printed in them
have been included without hesitation. For it has
been found by practical experience that they remain
virtually unknown to students in this country. It is not
1 Cf. Prof. Maitland's "History from the Charter Roll" (English
Historical Review, VIII. 726).
PKErACE, Xlll
only dif&cult to ascertain what lias been printed, and
where, but it is also impossible to discover, untU
every page has been examined, whether a cartulary,
even when knowb, contains documents comprised
within the purview of this calendar. It is believed
that the results of such examination, as comprised
in these pages, will prove of the greatest service.
Before proceeding to further details, something must
be said of the foreign sources from which these
documents are derived. Por, in some respects, the
Prench system is very different from our own. The
most salient of these differences is the existence of a
record oflB.ce (" Archives Departementales ") attached to
the 'Prefecture of each Department. The records of the
local religious houses are almost all here preserved;
and a uniform system of classification exists in every
Department. The documents relating to the secular
clergy are placed in " ^Me G " and those of the
regulars in " 84,rie H " : they are preserved in numbered
liasses, each of which packets may contain several
documents. It is to these numbered liasses that the
marginal notes, in this calendar, refer. For the
"Archives" of each Department there is an Inventaire
Sommaire compiled by the Archiviste in charge (or
by successive Archivistes), in which each "sirie" is
dealt with separately. Except in the smaller collections,
such as those at Evreux and Le Mans, " S^rie H," which
is the most important for the purpose of this calendar,
has either not been dealt with, or only recently attacked.
It may illustrate the difl&culty, even for French
scholars themselves, of ascertaining what evidence these
collections contain, if the editor mentions that he was
enabled to communicate to M. Paul Meyer, Director
of the famous Scole des Chartes, for his great work on
XIV PEEPACE.
" Guillaume le Marechal," the existence of No. 229,
of "whicli he was unaware. Thus these transcripts
contain information which at present is not elsewhere
to be found, even in France.
To those familiar with the calendars of our own
national records, the French Inventaires Sommaires wiU
appear strangely disappointing. An index does not form
part of the scheme, nor are the documents arranged
in alphabetical or chronological order. The labour,
therefore, of discovering the liasse in which a particular
document is contained is often, the editor has found,
very great. At Rouen, for instance, " SMe Gr "
contains thousands of Masses, many of which contain
documents ranging over several centuries. A system
of classification has, it is true, been adopted, but the
risk invariably attending any such system in practice
is shown by the fact that the striking charter of John,
as count of Mortain (No. 180), which the Archives
possess in duplicate, is found in two different classes,
one copy (G. 4037) appearing under " Biens alUn4s"
and the other (Gr. 4485) under " JBulles et Chartes."
So too, the charters (Nos. 39, 40) of the duke and
duchess of Britanny, although they have absolutely
the same witnesses, are found in widely separated
classes, the former (Gr. 3569) under " Fondations
Piemes," the latter (G. 4488) under " Bulles et
Chartes.'^ The searcher, therefore, caimot rely on such
classification as a guide.
The Archives Nationales need not be discussed, as
few of the documents here calendared are derived
from that source; but something must be said of the
public libraries, which contain a large proportion of
them. A few of the local cartularies are found in
the Archives B^partementales, but the bulk of them
\0
PREFACE. XV
are preserved in libraries, where they are easily acces-
sible. This, however, is not the case with the vast
collection of original MSS., cartularies, transcripts, and
collections in the BihliotJieque Nationale itself. The
very valuable class catalogue in the MS. Department
of the British Museum enables the searcher to discover
at a glance, under " Religious orders and monasteries,"
the MS. material there available for any given religious
house. The French institution has nothing of the
kind. Indeed, the editor ventures to assert, from
practical experience in preparing this work, that the
oflBlcials themselves are not able to supply such infor-
mation, or to thread their way in search of it, through
their labyrinth of "fonds." Partly by the references
given in the footnotes to printed books, and partly
from information supplied by friends, whose valuable
help will be acknowledged below, he was gradually
enabled to examine the MSS. likely to afEord informa-
tion ; but he has probably by no means exhausted the
material Ixu-king in the MSS. of this magnificent
collection.
To the examination of the above MSS. the editor
attached great importance because, while separate docu-
ments, whether originals or copies, are almost all
preserved in the Archives Departementales, the car-
tularies, as in the case of St. Evroul, or the valuable
transcripts, made from the originals before their dispersal
by former antiquaries, are largely preserved at Paris.
It is, therefore, absolutely necessary, as will be seen
from the pages of this calendar, that the examination
of records in the provinces should be supplemented
by study of the relative MSS. preserved in the central
depository.
e 92684. })
Xvi t'EEFACES.
But, though this examination has enabled the editor
to complete and to supplement the labours of those who
transcribed for the Record Commission, it has greatly
increased the complication of the task. When the
transcript is in London, the cartulary in Paris, and the
original or quasi- original in the Archives of some
department, it is obviously no easy matter to secure a
satisfactory text, or to revise the proofs when they
are passing through the press. And the difficulty is
increased when the transcriber, as is too frequently
the case, has extended a word without warning and
extended it wrongly. Por the London transcripts, it
must be remembered, were made the basis of the text.
As if these obstacles were not enough, the references
given for the transcripts have ceased, in cases, to be
accurate. For instance, when M. D'Anisy made his
transcripts from the charters belonging to the Abbey
of Savigny, they were all preserved at Mortain: some
are now in the Archives Nationales ; others are in the
Archives of La Manche ; and a few, so far as the editor
could discover, are no longer to be found. Again
while many documents are not now forthcoming, others,
described as in private hands, when copied, are now in
Departmental Archives. It is hoped, therefore, that
allowance will be made for the many difficulties sur-
rounding a work of this peculiar character, differing, as
it does, so widely from an ordinary calendar of records
that special methods had to be devised for the treatment
and arrangement of its contents.
A belief, however, may be confidently expressed that
its practical value for the student of the period with
which it deals outweighs by far the drawbacks to which
reference has here been made. Instances in point will
PREFACE. xvii
be given below; but apart from these, it has three
features to which attention should be drawn. It is, in
the first place, needful to explain that many of the
documents here calendared have now disappeared from
the Departmental Archives. At Caen, for example,
the editor was informed by the able Archwisfe of the
Calvados that there is no trace in the Archives now
of the charters relating to the English priories of the
abbey of St. Pierre-sur-Dives (Nos. 578-589). It is,
obviously, desirable to allude as briefly as possible to
a subject of some delicacy ; but it is an open secret
among French experts that the Norman Archives have,
in the past, suffered serious losses. Considerable interest,
therefore, was aroused by the editor's announcement
that copies of certain lost documents existed in these
transcripts. The marginal notes record the fact that,
when transcribed, they were in the Archives, but the
proportion of them now missing wiU not be ascer-
tained until the Inventaires of those remaining have
been completed.
The second feature of special value is that, as has
been explained above, this calendar contains informa-
tion, not available even in France, as to the contents
of those Archives which have not yet been explored
and catalogued.
Lastly, it is difficult to over-estimate the advantage
of collecting in a single volume so large a number
of documents relating to one period. By the help of
the index it will now be possible not only to determine
several points hitherto obscure in history and biography,
but also to date and explain other documents of the
period, which may hereafter be brought to light,
whether in England or in France. For this purpose
the Monasticon is useless, apart from its bulk and
b 2
2V111 PREFACE.
miscellaneous character, because there is no attempt to
date the dateless documents it contains, and, above
all, from that want of an index of names and places,
which it shares with the Inventaires Sommaires and
with some printed cartularies.
The value of a document, for historical use, must be
so largely dependent on its correct dating, that every
effort has been made to avoid, in this calendar, the
assignment of a wrong or doubtful date. There is,
in the editor's belief, no limit to the errors that may
arise even from a single mistake; and he has, there-
fore, acted throughout on the principle that a wrong
date is worse than none at all. In some cases, after
full research, he has preferred to specify no date ; in
others, he has adopted a wide limit, in order to be
absolutely safe. Where the date is accompanied by a
note of interrogatiou, it is given as highly probable,
but not definitely proved. It must, of course, be borne
in mind that these documents had to be dated without
such assistance as this very volume, by means of its
index, wUl afford.
The use which, both privately and officially, has
been made of Mr. Eyton's well-known work^ renders
necessary some remarks on the system therein adopted.
It was the author's endeavour to assign, from its
contents or from the names of its witnesses, every
charter of Henry II. to some moment in his reign.
But neither his industry nor his skill could enable him
to attain success in what, from the nature of the case,
was an impossible undertaking. A limit of date, —
often a wide one, — is usually all that is possible.
The danger of attempting more is shown by the
fact that charters here brought to light are destructive
1 Court^ household, and itinerary of Henry II,
PREFACE. xix
of some of Mr. Byton's dates. Por instance, the
great charter of confirmation in favour of the abbey
of BocherviUe (No. 211), with which he was not
acquainted, may, with almost absolute certainty, be
assigned to 1180, for it is subsequent to WUliam
Fitz Ralf becoming seneschal of Normandy, and, it
may safely be assumed, to the king's return there in
April 1180. But as the charters to this abbey and
that of St. Victor en Caux printed in the Monasticon,^
were similarly granted at Lillebonne, and have the
same witnesses, we may assign these also to 1180, and
not, as Mr. Eyton thought, to 1173.^ It may be
added that the BocherviUe charter (No. 210) is of
interest also for its late mention of the chancellor Ralf
and his deputy, and for the occurrence, among its
witnesses of several officers whose names are found
on the Norman exchequer roll of 1180. John count
of Vend6me had possibly come to court to secure,
through the king, his absolution by the bishop of
Chartres this year. Another and particularly striking
case is that of the king's great charter of con-
firmation to the abbey of St. Sauveur, which Mr.
Eyton places early in 1157^; for among the gifts it
confirms is that of William de Soliers (No. 979), which
is given by M. D'Anisy a little further on, and is
dated 1160.
It need hardly be said that these remarks are in no
way intended to discredit the labours of a pioneer : their
only object is to demonstrate that his scheme is not
practicable, and to justify the adoption, in this calendar,
of a more cautious system.
As a typical instance of the difficulties presented by
Henry's charters, and of the help that one document
1 VI. 1067, 1106, a p. 174. s p. 24.
XX PREFACE.
may give for dating others, one may take the ia-
teresting group of those to the abbeys of Prdaux,
St. Mary of Longues (No. 1450), and St. Stephen of
Caen (No. 1413a), on p. 282 of Mr. Eyton's work. To
these we may add one granted to the Priory of
Ste. Barbe (No. 573), which he appears to have over-
looked, and one to the Hospice of Montjoux^ of which
the seven witn'esses are all found among those who
witnessed the charter to Preaux. The Montjoux docu-
ment dates the group by its mention of the bishop-
elect of Coventry ; but even the limit so obtained is
no narrower than three years, 1185-1187. Now the
king was in Normandy for twelve months from April
1185, and again for eleven months from the February
of 1187. To which of these two visits does the group
belong ? Mr. Eyton assigned it, without hesitation, to
the close of 1187. But a very important document
(No. 1084), calendared in this volume, reveals the
entourage of the king at Gisors, March 11, 1186 ;
and of the nine names there mentioned, eight are
found as witnesses to the group of charters in question,
while we can actually account for the ninth,^ as the
Pipe EoU specially records that he arrived in Normandy,
this year, from England.^ We can hardly, therefore,
hesitate to assign this group of charters to the king's
earlier visit in 1185, with a probability that it was
previous to the above gathering at Gisors.
But, although groups of individuals may thus be
evidence of date, the presence, among the witnesses to
a charter, of some prominent personage whose move-
ments are believed to be known has been too rashly
relied on, at times, for that purpose. It would be
1 Charter EoU, 13 Edw. I. n. S6 (where Bathon' is clearly an error for
Baioc).
■'' Bernard de St. Valery. a Eyton, p. 267.
PREFACE. xxi
possible to select from the documents in this calendar
instances of the presence of such persons at times
and at places where, it would be held, they are not
likely to have been. The famous Nigel, bishop of Ely,
is supposed not to have left England between his pro-
motion to that see (1133) and the death of Henry I.
(1135). Yet two documents here (Nos. 290, 590) reveal
him in Normandy at the court of that king. His
great successor, Longchamp, is believed to have parted
from Richard at Dover in 1189, being left by him in
England. Yet we here find him (No. 1346) attesting
a charter of that king in the neighbourhood of St.
Omer, so that he must have accompanied his sovereign
across the channel. William Marshal, again, a no less
prominent personage, was sent over to England by
John, in 1199, to prepare the way for his accession.
It would be deemed improbable that he could have
returned before John left Normandy; and yet we find
them at Dieppe together on May 21 (No. 112). We see,
therefore, that the movements even of leading men are
not known to us with sufficient certainty to form a
trustworthy criterion of date. Those of the most restless
of our kings are themselves difficult to follow. No
one'would imagine from his "itinerary," in Mr. Eyton's
work, that Henry Eitz Empress was at Grioucester,
surrounded by a crowd of notables on December 13,
1157. And yet, from the Gloucester cartulary,^ the fact
is certain.
No. 1364 can be assigned with tolerable certainty to
Henry's visit to Hesdin (1187),^ and thus confirms the
mention of that visit by E,alf de Diceto. It also confirms
1 Vol. II. p. 105.
^ Unless he stayed there when leaving Prance in June 1184 or returning
there in April 1185, of which there is no evidence.
XXU PREFACE.
the statement in the Oesta that the count of Planders
was -with him there, hut corrects the same writer's
assertion that the earl of Essex awaited him at Aumale.
We can actually date this charter to a day (February
18), in spite of four elaborate notes in Mr. Byfcon's
work (pp. 276-278), rejecting the dates in the Gesta,
in Ealf de Diceto, and in Gervase, on the groimd that
according to Jocelyn de Brakelond, the king did not
leave England till February 27. A careful investigation
will show that Jocelyn himself says nothing of the
date at which the king left, and that Mr. Eyton must
have taken this date from an editorial note,^ in which
the authority vouched for it is no other than the
Gesta; so that this "27th February" (on which the
argument rests) is a mere printer's (or editor's) error
for 17th February (the date of Henry's arrival at
Witsand in the Gesta).
It has been impossible of course, to give the reasons
throughout for dates which would often require a
somewhat lengthy explanation. But in one instance,
at least, such an explanation is required ; and this
instance must sufB.ce.
The date of Nos. 31-33 is of importance, but of
considerable difficulty, as they might belong to 1175 or
1179. The clue is afforded by No. 30, which — from the
bishop of "Winchester appearing as " elect " — must
have been granted when the king was waiting to cross
from Portsmouth, August 8, 1174. He is known to
have so waited at Stokes (Bay) three years later (July 9
1177), so this charter being granted "apud Stokes"
harmonises with the supposition that he was waiting
to cross from Portsmouth. Now the confirmation by
the young king (No. 31), being executed at Westminster,
' Ed. Camden Soc, p. 134.
PREFACE. xxiii
must be subsequent to his reconciliation with his father
in the autumn of 1174, and cannot therefore be earlier
than the middle of May 1175, when father and son
returned to England. As this act of confirmation would
not be delayed till the summer of 1179 — the next possible
date, we must place it previous to the young king's
departure from England in March 1176, and may assign
it, with some confidence, to the summer of 1175. But
this conclusion dates No. 33, for the witnesses are almost
identical; and No. 33, again, dates No. 32, of which
it is the confirmation. And with this conclusion the
witnesses to No. 32 are in perfect agreement.
But, further, the original transaction confirmed by
Nos. 32, 33, is recorded in a document not tran-
scribed by M. DeviUe, though it is preserved (G. 4362)
in the Archives of the Seine Inferieure. By this
charter Hawise wife of Bernard Oomin sells to "Walter
de Coutances, treasurer of the church of Bouen,
a portion of the inheritance of Ralf Eitz Stephen her
brother " publice in plena communia Eothomagi, coram
" Bartholomeo Eergant, tunc majore Rotomagi, testibus :
" Hugone de Cressi, R[icardo] abbate Mortuimaris,^
" Willelmo de Malapalude, Willelmo de Brealte, Galtero
" filio Ger[oldi] " etc. Another charter to the same
effect (G. 4363), in which " Robert " is substituted for
" EaK " (according to the Inventaire) is also " actum
publice," but " coram Rotrodo Rothomagi archiepiscopo,
" Roberto decano, Radulfo cancellario, Petro cantore."
Having dated the above royal charters, we can now
assert that these Rouen documents cannot be later than
1175, which carries back the Mayoralty of Bartholomew
Eergant and the full communal organisation to that
1 1174-July 1179.
XXiy PREFACE.
date.^ The first appearance of a mayor of Eouen has
been hitherto assigned, by Prench antiquaries, to 1177/
and the earlier date here ascertained is important not
merely for municipal history, but for its bearing on_
other documents, such as No. 29, the date of which is
discussed, but left undecided in the Introduction to the
" Lay-Folks' Mass Book " (pp. xliii.-xlix.).*
In his great monograph on the Etablissements de
Bouen, M. Giry accepted 1177 as the earliest date for
the appearance of the Mayor,* and wrote accordingly
that the documents available do not decide the question
of precedence between Eouen and La Rochelle, as they
only prove that the common municipal organisation
was adopted at Eouen between 1177 and 1183, and at
La Eochelle between 1169 and 1199.^ But as, from
these documents, we can carry back to 1175 at latest
the appearance of a mayor at Eouen, so, at La Eochelle,
we can advance the limit from 1169 to 1175. For the
charter by which that town received from Henry II. its
commune (No. 1251) must clearly be assigned to February
1175, though dated by M. Marchegay 1170, and cautiously
placed by M. Giry between 1169 and 1178.^ In further
illustration of what has been said as to the incomplete
acquaintance of French and English scholars with one
another's labours, it may be observed that M. Giry
(1883) was restricted to the outline itinerary of
Henry II. given by Stubbs, and evidently did not
know of Mr. Eyton's work (1878). The above charter
was granted at Le Mans, and must belong to April
1 These two documents, together with the confirmation by the young
king (which is there wrongly given as by Henry II. himself) are assigned
in the official Inventaire Sommaire (1881) to "vers 1189" (p. 355) an
impossible date.
2 Cheruel's Commune de Rouen.
3 Early English Text Society, N"o. 71.
M. 28. 6 1.67-68. «1. 64.
PREFACE. XXV
1174 or February 1175. Now we know that Ricliard,
who was present at the time, was at Le Mans with
the king on the latter occasion, and cannot have been
on the former, when he was in open revolt. To this
it may be added that five of its witnesses (Stephen,
bishop of Rennes, Maurice de Oraon, Pulk Paynel,
Josbert de Pr^cigny and Geoffrey de Perche) are
known to have been with the king in Normandy
two months before (Eyton, p. 186).
The dating of No. 1167 was a matter of anxious con-
sideration. Circumscribed within (September) 1055 and
1064 by the names of the archbishop of Rouen and
the abbot of Marmoutier, it is here recorded in a
charte-notice which, being of later date, interpolates
in two places, the count's subsequent kingship. As
" bishop Grervase " can be no other than Gervase,
bishop of Le Mans, who had taken refuge at WiUiam's
court, and became archbishop of Rheims in October
1055, the date seems fixed to the narrow limit Sept.-
Oct. 1055.^ Yet the names are more suggestive of a
date ten years later. Among them are all five of
those who append their signa to a charter of 1066
(No. 73), while a number of them are on the list
of those who contributed ships for the duke's invasion
of England.^
The date assigned in the margin to No. 817 is
similarly determined by the name of Pope Lucius III.,
but the contents of No. 818 suggest that the Pope's
name should rather be Lucius XL, and the date forty
years earlier.
As experts know, a frequent snare is set, in scribes'
copies, by the trick of assigning, as above, to a king
1 Robert the other bishop has not been identified. Robert of Jumifeges
would hardly be so styled.
2 Lord Lyttelton's Henry II. App. I., p. 463.
XXVI PREFACE.
or noble a style he did not bear till a date later than
the charter. An interesting example of this is found
in No. 113, which assigns to William I. his regal
style. M. Delisle who cites this document as a " Fausse
charte," writes : —
La faussetd de cette charte r^sulte de ce que Guillaume y
prend le titre de roi d'Angleterre, et de ce qu'elle est souscrite
par plusieurs personnes dont la mort arriva avant 1066.^
The editor, however, ventures to hold that this is
a charter of the critical years 1035-1037, and that the
list of witnesses is wholly consistent with that date,
allowing for the interpolation by a long subsequent
scribe, in accordance with a mischievous practice, of
an ante-dated style. Among them, indeed, is an
archbishop " Gringolor," whose name may sound
suspicious ; but he is no other than " Junkeneus,"
who is found in charters as " archbishop " of Dol so
late as 1032, and whose successor does not occur before
1040.^
Less comprehensible is such a slip as in No. 357,
in which the king's style is not of later but of earlier
date than the document. This charter, which probably
contains quite the earliest mention of Hythe, might
well be dated before the Conquest, did it not relate
to lands in England. The only year to which it seems
possible to assign it is 1067 ; and in this year Hugh de
Moutfort was actively employed in England. "We
should, hardly, therefore expect to find him in Normandy
with William.
Lastly, the style may be right and the date in the
charter wrong. Thus No. 412 seems to be accepted as
a document of 1061 by M. Delisle, who observes of it : —
1 Histoire . . . . de St. Sauveur, p. 48.
2 Gallia Christiana XIV. 1045.
PREFACE. xxvii
Le titre de roi donn^ k Guillaume le Bsltard dans une charte
de I'annde 1061 suffit pour montrer que le texte de cette charte
a 6t6 remani^ apr^s coup.^
It appears to the editor more probable that this
charter may actually belong to the Council of Lille-
bonne in. 1080 (held, as the charter records, at
Whitsuntide), a date in accordance with the names of
the five prelates (except Hugh bishop of Lisieux,
whom Gilbert had replaced three years before) together
with those of WLUiam de Breteuil and Ralf de Conches
(i.e., de Tosni), who bad probably made their peace.
In this case the date given in the document is
altogether wrong, and the right one is 25 May, 1080.
In spite of the great and just reputation of Erench
scholars in Diplomatique, and of the fact that the
Archivistes are trained in the Ecole des Chartes, the
editor has felt compelled to differ, as to the dates of
some documents, not only from these skilled officials,
but from some of the greatest authorities in France
(Nos. 307, 763, 999, 1016, 1162, 1200^). He has,
however, in such cases, been careful to record the
dates which they have adopted. No. 1280, of interest
for its bearing on our own Gonstitutio domus regis,
presents great diflEiculties, as the witnesses' names are
probably corrupt. The name of Robert de Curci
proves that 1157 is the latest possible date, while,
if E.[obert] de Ver were a witness, his name would
be decisive proof that the charter was one of Henry I.
about the close of his reign. It must, therefore, be
concluded that he was not.^
1 Histoire . . . . de St Sauveur, p. 36.
* Cf. p. xxiv. note i.
3 Before leaving the subject of dates the editor would correct an
unfortunate slip in No. 432, detected by him while these pages were
passing through the press. The date (" mclxxxii.") is wrongly given
in the text, as " mclxxiil" As Henry II. did actually spend the Christmas
of H73 at Caen, the latter date seemed at first fully confirmed.
xxvui PREFACE.
SbnietBng must now be said of the charai3ter of
those transcripts on which this calendar is based. The
great bulk of them is contained in Nos. 140 A, 140 B
of the foreign transcript series in the Public Record
Office, which are devoted respectively to Upper and
Lower Normandy. The latter, known as D'Anisy's
transcripts, consists of three volumes, and, being care-
fully arranged and bound and deposited in the search-
room, is tolerably familiar and was used by Mr. Eyton
for his Itinerary of Henry II. Of Deville's transcripts
(1.40 A) on the other hand, the existence was practi-
cally forgotten ; and Mr. Eyton, consequently did not
know of these valuable materials for his work. They
are not indexed, but a list of them is given in the
unindexed and unpublished Cooper's " Appendix to
Eoedera, B, 0, D."
In a Latin preface, dated January 23, 1835, M. Deville
explains that the documents he has transcribed were
examined by him, during 1833 and 1834, in the
archives and the public and private libraries of Upper
Normandy (now the Departments of Seine-Inferieure
and Eure). He claims that the transcripts are most
carefully made from charters, cartularies, "vidimus,"
or other authentic sources, the place where the docu-
ments were found specified, and the preservation of
seals noted. In cases where the documents had been
previously published, he justifies his transcripts as giving
a more perfect text. The character of his work is
distinctly good, although collation has revealed an
occasional mistake.
Eor a report on the Archives of Lower Normandy,
comprising the modern Departments of Orne, La
Manche, and Calvados, the Commission were fortunate
in securing the services of M. Lechaud^ D'Anisy,
who,' as a labour of Ibve,' had deroted six years to
examining and calendaring the vast collection in the
departmental Archives of Calvados. He had been
successful in bringing to light over ten thousand
documents, of which nothing had been known, and
had executed drawings of more than 500 of the seals
still appendant to them. The result of these labours
is seen in the 7th and 8th volumes of the MSmoires
de la Society des Antiquaires de Normandie (ISSdi)
and in the accompanying "Atlas" (1835), containing
drawings of the seals he had selected and illustrations
of Palseography. His general observations on Norman
Diplomatique will be found in his Introduction to the
first of these volumes.^
Accepting with enthusiasm, he writes, the task
entrusted to him, in spite of his age and his feeble
health, M. D'Anisy extended his researches to the rest
of Lower Normandy ; and, through his labours, the
Record Commission became the means of making
known documents of which the existence had hitherto
been unsuspected. To the value of its initiative in
that respect he bore striking testimony. After describing
how the archives of Mont St. Michel were carried
off to St. L6, and there exposed to rain and wind,
whUe a damp tower, over an ice-house, was being
prepared for their reception, he exclaims : —
"C'est dans cet etat que ces actes furent jetes sans ordre
dans ce d6p6t devorant et dans lequel ils achevferent de se
decomposer. Honneur done a la Commission des Archives
d'Angleterre a laquelle la France sera redevable de ces documents
1 A somewhat low opinion of M. D'Anisy's scholarship is entertained
in Prance ; but although he occasionally made curious mistakes (as in
No. 748, where he completely misled Mr. Eyton by reading " Kadun " for
" Rading"), the editor has found his work, as a whole, stand the test of
collation with success.
XXX PREFACE.
pr^cieux qui infailliblement eussent et^ perdus sans I'appel
qu'elle fit en 1833 aux antiquaires fran9ais.^
A no less remarkable discovery was made by him
at Mortain, where he found in a garret, concealed
beneath a layer of dirt and dust, a foot in thickness,
the magnificent collection of charters and seals be-
longing to the abbey of Savigny, which had been
thrown there in the tumults of 1793. The results of
this notable find are contained in the third volume
of his transcripts, fos. 57-174.
To the three volumes in which are embodied the fruits
of M. D'Anisy's researches, he gave the name of a
" Cartulary of Lower Normandy,"* the leading idea that
he kept in view being the formation of a Mbnasticon
Anglo-Normanniciim}
The prominence his scheme of work assigned to the
history of the religious houses themselves led him to
include many documents which cannot be legitimately
said to bear on English history. Indeed, at the close of
his Introduction, he frankly admitted that he had pre-
ferred to include documents unduly rather than to leave
out any that might prove of service. It has, therefore,
been found necessary to omit from the present calendar
several of the charters he transcribed. On the other
hand, he was so careful, in accordance vdth the in-
structions he received, not to include anything that was
already accessible in print, that it has hardly been
necessary to reject on that ground anything be selected
for iaclusion.
1 Vol. II. fo. 201.
2 « Cartulaire de la Basse-Normandie, ou Copie des Chartes, et autres
actes concernant les biens et privileges concedes en Angleterre a diverses
maisons religieuBes, accompagnee des sceaux et contre-sceaux Anglo-
Normands qui etoient encore appendus k ces memes actes."
3 Preface to Vol. I.
PEErACE. xxxi
In the Preface to this MS. " Cartulaire," and in his
Introduction to Vol. VII. of the Memoires {ut supra)
M. D'Anisy dwelt on the vicissitudes the archives of
Normandy had undergone. In the 15th century the
English, on their departure, had taken with them, it is
said, many of the recotds relating to its religious houses.
Conversely, in the following century, monks fleeing
from the English Reformation, brought over, he alleges,
with them English charters for safe keeping. The
effects of the Great Revolution were most disastrous on
these archives, for although it made them accessible to
the public, it exposed them to negligent and reckless
treatment, with the result that a large proportion was
lost, alienated, or injured, while many of the finest
charters were deliberately employed to make cartridge
cases for the navy. As if this were not sufl&cient, it
was decreed on June 25, 1794, that aU documents recall-
ing English domination in France were to be destroyed.^
It is certainly remarkable, under these circiunstances,
that so many documents have survived, and stiU more
so is the number of seals in more or less perfect condi-
tion. Those of interest which are not illustrated in
M. D'Anisy's "Atlas," were depicted by him for the
Commission, and it is not too much to say that the
drawings of them in these volumes are executed with
admirable skiU. Special attention may be called to
No. 762, on the seal of which is a representation of
the chronicler, Robert de Torigny, holding a book in
one of his hands.
1 The Revolutionists are not alone to blame. The archives of the See
of Coutances, for instance, were barbarously used by them, but " d'un
" autre cote, les chanoines de Coutances, par une espece de vaudalisme
" inexplicable, brulerent pendant trois jours dans la salle du Chapitre, une
" grande quantite de parchemins .... sons le specieux pretexte
" qu'ils dtoient en etat de pourriture, mais bien plut6t parcequ'ils ne
" pouvoient point les lire." (Vol. I. fo. 122.)
e 92684. C
Xxxu tEEFACE.
Vol. 133 of the Transcript series contains copies of
documents preserved in the Archives Nationales, executed
by trained students. It is little, if at all, known. In
order to adhere as far as possible to the original
arrangement, the transcripts in this volume have been
calendared apart under "Paris." But the documents
obtained by the editor himself from the MSS. at the
BibliotMque Nationale, are treated under the provinces
to which they severally relate. Outside Normandy there
are certain religious houses, of which the records deserve
special mention.
The charters of the abbey of Tiron in Perche wiU be
virtually new to English historians. A so-called car-
tulary of tlie abbey in the BibliotMque Nationale proves
to be only a modern transcript made by M. Lejenne,
public librarian of Ohartres, in 1839, from a very late
compilation lent to him by its then owner. The only
cartulary of value for England is one of the 12th
century which was published latterly by the Society
Archdologique d' Eur e-et- Loir? Although very fully
described by its editor, its present resting-place seems
to be unmentioned, but the original charters are believed
to be now in the archives of Eure-et-Loir. In spite
of his official position and high qualifications, the
editor has not been fortunate in his dealings with th«
English dependencies of the abbey. He assigns to it
in Wales two abbeys, " Oaithmeis" and " St. Dogmaels "
(on the latter of which, one reads, he has no informa-
tion) though these were but one house ; and in Scotland
also two abbeys, "Notre Dame de Kelso," formerly
"Notre Dame de Eoxburgh," which was situated "h
"Selkirk, ville du comtd de Eoxburgh," and transferred
1 " Cartulaire de I'Abbaye de la Sainte-Trinite de Tiron, public et
annote par Lucien Merlet, architiste d'Eure-et-Loir.*'
fREFAOE. xxxiii
to Kelso in 1128 ; and " S^lecherehe." Of the latter, we
read, "nous n'avons aucun renseignment sur cette
" abbaye, situee dans le comte de Cumberland {sic) en
"Ecosse" (I. cxix.) : yet the name is obTiously " Sele-
cherche," i.e. Selkirk. The interesting charter of the
Empress Matilda, which belongs to 1141, is assigned to
1127, and her uncle, king David, who is among the
witnesses, is transformed into his wife the queen, a scribe
having evidently misread, as was sometimes the case,
"A" for "D," When one adds that the note on
William de Rollos is derived from the pseudo-Ingulf,
it will be evident that the French edition must be used
with extreme caution.^
The abbey has a special interest for England on
account of its endowment, from English revenues, by
Henry I., who had a warm admiration for its founder.
As the fact, in England at least, seems to have remained
unknown, the passage from which we learn it, may
here be quoted : —
'' Aliqui vero, quia ilium secum in finibus suis prsesentem
habere non poterant, de monachis ejus duodenos assumentes in
territoriis suis monasteria construebant. Quorum unus Henricus
rex Anglorum duxque Normannorum extitit, qui transmissis
duobus excellentissimis principibus, Theobaudo scilicet Blesensi
comite, atque Rotroco Perticensium consule, inagnis precibus
exorabat quatinus idem Domini famulus usque in Normanniam
veniens, sibi corporis prsesentiam exhiberet, excusans se quod
propter diversorum accidentium insperatos eventus, finium suorum
metas excedere non auderet. Quo annuente, mox ut eum Rex
vidit, manus ad ccelum portans atque ipsius inhabitatori, Ohristo
videlicet, immensas grates retulit, datisque sibi mutuis amplexi-
bus, eum debita cum honorificentia suscepit, cujus post auditam
competentem doetrinam, quamplurima donaria obtulit, insuper et
quindecim marcas argenti monasterio suo quoque anno per-
petualiter habendas dedit,"^
1 Further corrections will be found in the foot-notes.
2 See No. 99a
c 2
XXXVr PREFACE.
"Prse niraia quoqlie amoris dulcedine, quem ad Christi con-
fessorem deinceps habuit, in tantum monachos illius, quoad vixit,
dilexit, ut unoquoque anno, prseter redditum quem diximus, eis
sexagenas aut quinquagenas marcas argenti, vel eo plus ininusve
numero, transmitteret, et ut religio institutionis illius non decli-
naret diligenter admonuit. Nostri etiam dormitorii aedes faciendas
suscepit, quas, multis expensis pecuniis regia magnificentia con-
summavit.'"
Henry's envoys, his nephew and son-in-law, are both
mentioned by Orderic as special benefactors of Tiron,^
and were both actively supporting him at the siege of
Belesme in May 1114. It was, no doubt, through them
that Henry heard of the virtues of St. Bernard.
The charter which in these pages is placed at the
head of the list, is dated (as, at this period, was not
unusual), " apud Eotomagum, in die qua barones
Normannie eflfecti homines filii regis." This event is
usually assigned to the eve of the king's departure
from Normandy in 1120.* But as the charter is
witnessed by the count of Meulan, who died in 1118,
it must belong to an earlier occasion. Such an occasion
is mentioned by Henry of Huntingdon in 1115 : —
"Kex .... fecit omnes proceres patrise fidelitatem
Domino debitam Willelmo filio suo jurare, et in Angliam rediit." *
We may then safely assign the charter (which the
French editor dated " circa 1117 ") to this occasion, and
thus find in it a confirmation of the chronicler's
statement. Henry will have made the barons of
Normandy do homage to his son before be left its
shores in the summer of 1116, as he did on the eve
of leaving it in the winter of 1120.
1 Vita Sancti Bemardi I. ahbatis, J. B. Souchet (1649).
^ Ed. Societe de I'histoire de France III. 448.
a Sym. Dun. II. 258.
* C/.the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for 1115 (II. 213).
PREFACE. XXXV
The three charters relating to St. Dogmaeb, otherwise
the ahbey of St. Mary of Kemeys, are not only new,
but are all earlier than the charter given in the
Mbnastieon. As the history of its foundation is,
admittedly, obscure, they are valuable, especially for
the light they throw on the conversion of a priory into
this abbey, which had been, we find, effected before
the king's return to England at the close of 1120. It
should be noted that one of the king's charters is
separately confirmed by his son, whose act is witnessed
by Otuer " Pitz Count," who perished with him in the
White Ship. This confirms the statement of Orderic
that Otuer acted as his tutor. The Mbnastieon charter
cannot be earlier than 1121, being witnessed by queen
Adeliza, but as it was granted when the first abbot
was blessed by the bishop of St. Davids, it not impro-
bably belongs to the king's visit to Wales in that year/
in which case we could say that he was in the Pembroke
district, September 11, 1121.
It has been suggested that the original founder of
the abbey's Welsh house was the father of Robert
fitz Martin.^ Of this father nothing is really known.
The editor would suggest that his name was not " Martin
de Tours," as is always stated, but that we may detect
him in "Martinus de Walls," the first witness to the
foundation charter of Totness Priory.^ This would
carry back to a very early date his settlement in Wales.
But the narrative quoted above is conclusive as to
Eobert's claim : —
Per idem tempus Robertus quidam genere nobilisaimus sanctum
virum ab Oceani partibus adiit, atque tredecim ex ipsius discipulis
secum assumeas, Normannicos Anglicosque fines pertransiit, et ad
ultimos Galentium* regionum metas perveniens, in littore maris
1 Sym. Dun. II. 263-4. ^ Monasticon and Dugdale's Baronage.
8 MS. lat. 5446, fo. 269. * i.e., « Walensium."
XXXVl PREFACE.
Hibemici juxta Teni^ fluvium, prius quidem cellam postea vero,
totidem cum Abbate impetratis monachis, pacto quo diximus,^
ciBnobium omnibus usualibus aptum composuit.
Special attention has here been drawn to these Tiron
charters, because there has recently been published a
history of " the Lordes of the Barony of Kernes," annotated
with a wealth of erudition, to the editor of which they
were not known.^ This is an excellent illustration of
the fact insisted on above, namely, that such documents,
even though in print abroad, have remained, in England,
virtually unknown, because buried in scattered quarters.
Of the remaining charters, two throw light on the
family of William Martel, a prominent follower of
Stephen; one connected, evidently, with Titley Priory
proves that Crown demesne, has passed, in Hereford-
shire, to Adam de Port, more than forty years earlier
there Dugdale connects the name with that county ; two
(Nos. 1010, 1011), are of interest for Scottish antiquaries;
and a group of considerable importance is discussed
below (p. xliv).
The charters of the famous abbey of Pontevrault
have remained little, if at all, known in England. And
yet, as M. Marchegay truly said, "Pour le douzifeme
si^cle et le treizifeme surtout, il serait diflS.cile de
reunir ixn plus grand nombre de belles et antiques
chartes, toutes inddites. "* In addition to the originals
now preserved in the archives of Maine-et-Loire, there
is in the same deposit a cartulary of the abbey,
in nine volumes, formed by Pfere Lardier in 1648-1658,
from the originals ; and from this cartulary in 1699,
Gaign^res compiled the fine transcript in two volumes,
1 i.e., " Teui " (Tevi). 2 See No. 997.
3 Owen's Pembrokeshire {Cymmorodion Record Society), 1897, pp. vii.,
X., 425-446.
* Bibliotheque de I'Ecole des Chartes XIX. 132.
PREFACE. xxxvii
now MS. lat. 5480 at Paris. Like D'Auisy, these
industrious scholars of the 17th century were careful
to record and copy the seals then appendant to the
charters; and their drawings are now of great value.
Of these documents, the most striking, if not the
most important, is the final agreement between Henry II.
and his daughter-in-law Margaret, at Gisors, in the
presence of her brother king Philip, March 11th, 1186
(No. 1084). Mr. Eyton could not assign a single charter
to Henry's visit to Normandy, 118B-86; so that this
dated evidence is doubly welcome. We here see with
the French king his paternal uncle, count Eobert of
Dreux, his maternal uncles, count Theobald of Blois, count
Stephen of Sancerre, and William, archbishop of Rheims,
and his wife's uncle, count Philip of Flanders.^ The
" affidatio in manu " is well illustrated by this document,
and its precise reckoning of Angevin money as then one
quarter the value of sterling should be noted. Next in
importance are the charters (Nos. 1052-3, 1055-6), relating
to Henry I.'s endowment, which are dealt with below .^
From two documents (Nos. 1057-8), we learn the curious
fact that Reginald de St. Valery, having forfeited his
English possessions by adhering to the Angevin cause
had received, in compensation, till he should regain
them, the revenues of the port of Dieppe. Reginald's
counterseal, at this early date, is alleged to have borne
a lion passant. It is particularly interesting to find
Matthew, duke Henry's teacher {doctor) witnessing two
of his charters, for this was the master under whom
he was educated for four years at Bristol.*
The documents preserved at Angers, in the archives
of Maine-et-Loire, relating to the endowments, English
-1. " Artaiidus camerarius " is possibly " Arnald " chamberlain of the
count of Flanders (Rot. Pip. 32 Hen. 11.) .
* See p. xliii. ^ Qervase of Canterbury I. 125.
XXXVUl PREFACE.
and foreigD, of the abbey of St. Florent de Saumur
are of exceptional value for the purpose of this
calendar. Many of them were published by M. Paul
Marchegay, in various quarters, as follows: (1) Les
Frieures Anglais de St. Florent pris Saumur, in
Mbliothe'que de I'Ecole des Charles, Vol. XL. (1879),
pp. 154 el seq. ; (2) Charles Normandes de VAbbaye
de SI. Florent pris Saumur, in Mimoires de la
Soci4U des Antiquaires de la Normamdie, Vol. XXX.
(1880), pp. 663 el seq. Collation by the editor proved
that there was little to correct in these texts. But
it is needful to bear in mind, first that the so-caUed
original charters are mostly not the real originals,
but documents recording their contents — ^which are
accordingly calendared with the prefix " [Notification
that] " ; secondly that M. Marchegay's editorial notes
have required revision throughout. He frankly confessed,
indeed, that his dates " devront 6tre minutieusement
contr61ees "^ ; and, as a matter of fact, a Monmouth
charter he assigned to " vers 1090," has been ascer-
tained to belong to 1101 or 1102, (No. 1136), while one
relating to a Sussex manor, which he dated "vers 1140,"
proves to have been placed by him two generations loo
late, and to have been reaUy executed by a Domesday
tenant-in-chief, and attested by his under-tenants.
Eor the abbey of Marmoutier at Tours, and the
priories dependent on it, we are largely dependent on
17th century transcripts. Those of Gaignferes, which ho
made from the original charters, prove singularly accu-
rate when collated with those which survive, and have
the great merit of preserving all abbreviations.
It has been deemed desirable to include in this
collection the Cluny documents now preserved in the
Bibliotheque de I'Scole des Chartes XL. 155.
PREFACE. xxxix
BibliotMque Nationale, Paris, of which, till somewhat
recently, nothing was known in England. Sir George
Duckett's work^ hrought them to the notice of scholars ;
hut on examining the original records in the Collection
de Bourgogne and those transcribed in Cartulary D (MS.
lat. 5459), the editor discovered that some documents
had been omitted in that work, while others had been
misunderstood. No. 1389 is printed by Sir George
from the very imperfect original, but the editor has
been enabled to complete the text from the cartulary,
and thus to assign the charter to the great council
of Northampton (September 8, 1131).^ There has
also been some confusion as to the charters of
Henry II. That which will be now described has been
identified with a totally distinct one.* It is a document
(No. 1400) of special interest, because we can assign it,
with absolute certainty, to an eventful occasion. It
must be subsequent to John of Oxford becoming bishop
of Norwich (appointed November 26, cons. December 14,
1175) and previous to his departure from England with
Richard de CamviUe, who is also a witness, in the early
summer of 1176. This points directly to the great council
at Northampton (26 January, 1176), at which the Assize
of Northampton was promulgated, and justices appointed
for six circuits. No document is assigned by Mr. Eyton
to this occasion, and the present charter fills the gap.
Among its witnesses are four of the justices appointed at
this council, Hugh de Cressi, Bertram de Verdon, and
William Eitz Ralf, with RanduK de Glanville himself.
Of the others, the bishops of Winchester, Ely, and
1 Charters and Records of Cluni, 2 vols., 1888.
2 See Sarum charters and documents, p. 6. This second and later
charter is wrongly said to be "apparently (a) copy of" the earlier
document (No. 1387), from which it is quite distinct, in Charters and
Records of Cluni (II. 200).
^ Charters and Records of Cluni I. 83 ; II. 200.
xl PRErACE.
Norwich were all connected with judicial proceedings.^
Ralf Brito acted later as a judge, whUe the name of
Richard de Luci speaks for itself. The BaUiol charter
(No. 1392) is of great value for the early pedigree of this
famous house, and estahlishes its Picard origin, a fact
which seems to he douhted.^
It will only he possihle within the compass of this
Preface to touch on some of the many points upon
which the documents here collected afford, when carefully
examined, new and important information. Alien priories
and English endowments hestowed on foreign abheys are
in the Monasticon Anglicanwm comparatively neglected
subjects. Dugdale admitted, in dealing with one of
them, Wolston Priory, that he found it difficult to obtain
in England the information required.* But from foreign
sources is now supplied the foundation of this very priory
(No. 578), as well as that of Burwell, of which he could
tell us nothing, but which is now carried back to a
Domesday tenant-in-chief. Sporle Priory, Norfolk, is
another of these alien houses of which the interesting
foundation (No. 1149) had hitherto remained unknown.
In addition to the light it throws on the origin of
Burwell Priory, the cartulary of La Sauve affords us
new and remarkable information on the honour of Hol-
derness. It has hitherto been believed that this honour,
assigned in Domesday Book to "Drogo de Bevrere,"
was given, on his forfeiture, to Odo of Champagne, a
brother-in-law of the Conqueror, and passed from him to
Stephen of Aumale, his son and successor.* Nor has
1 They were made " archijusticiarios regni" in 1179 (R. de Diceto),
2 English Historical Review XII. 346.
3 History of Warwickshire, pp. 35-6.
4 See Mr. Freeman's Appendix on " William's grants of Holderness "
{Norman Conquest Vol. IV.) ; Ellis's " Domesday Landholders of York-
shire" (Yorhs. Arch. Journ.); Chester Waters' Survey of Lindsey, p. 13.
PREFACE. xli
there been any reason to doubt this version. Yet we here
find Arnulf de Montgomery giving the churches of
Barrow and Bytham, in the Lincolnshire portion of the
honour, to the abbey of La Sauve, and WiUiam Bufus
confirming the gift (No. 1236). It might indeed be rash
to rely on this evidence alone, but fortunately, in quite
another quarter, we obtain ample confirmation. A docu-
ment belonging to St. Martin of Sees (No. 667) proves
that Arnulf endowed its cell which he had founded at
Pembroke with tithes from certain English churches,
which can all be identified as belonging to the honour
of Holderness. His possession of that honour has to be
accounted for. When we remember that the revolt of 1095
was intended to dethrone William Eufus in favour of
Stephen of Aumale, and that his father Odo was deprived
of his lands^ and sentenced to captivity in consequence,^
we have, surely, no difllculty in accounting for the
Crown being free to bestow on Arnulf de Montgomery
the honour of Holderness. Obtaining it shortly after
1095, he would hold it at least to 1100, if not to his fall
and departure in 1102. On Stephen of Aumale regaining
it under Henry I., he bestowed upon his own foundation
of St. Martin d'Acy, in 1115, the Lincolnshire church of
Barrow (Bytham was added afterwards) which Arnulf
had given to La Sauve, and those of PaghUl, Preston,
Skeekling, Prodingham, Tunstall, Withernsea, Easington,
and Carlton, from which Arnulf had endowed Pembroke
Priory^ ; also the tithes of his castle at Aldbrough, which,
therefore, probably was the " castle " spoken of in Arnulf 's
endowment (No. 667). Here then we have evidence of
the transfer of endowments, without regard for previous
gifts, when a fief changed hands.
1 "belende" {Peterborough Chron., 1096).
2 Florence of Worcester II. 38-9,
3 Monasticon Anglicanum VI., 1103,
xlii PREFACE.
To the grant of "Oatford" church (No. 1234) there
attaches an exceptional interest; for the mention of its
" canons " proves that it can be no other than the great
collegiate church founded by earl Roger de Montgomery
at Quatford. Mr. Byton, who assigned this foundation
to 1086, and traced with great care its brief collegiate
existence,^ was wholly unaware of this grant to La Sauve,
to which the downfall of the house of Belesme a few
years later, if not the desertion of Quatford for Bridg-
north, must quickly have proved fatal. This case should
be compared with that of the collegiate church of Olun.
The fact that Buroot on the Severn, a member of Wor-
field, was among the endowments of Quatford church
at its foundation, may account for the grant of land etc.
at Worfleld to La Sauve (No. 1238).
It is a work of the utmost difficulty to disentangle
the various endowments conferred by William de Braose
{i.e. Briouze) on the abbey of St. Florent de Saumur.
The documents themselves are conflicting in their evi-
dence, and none of the accounts based upon them appears
satisfactory to the editor. What really happened, it
would seem, is this. In England, William founded, in
1073, a church of canons at Bramber (the seat of his
well-known castle) which he endowed with the church of
Beeding (afterwards " Sele") etc. (No. 1130). Meanwhile,
he had endowed the church of Briouze in Normandy
with churches and lands, and had given it to the monks
of Lonlay, intending that they should, in time, make it
an abbey (No. 1116). As they objected to this scheme,
he took it back and placed clerks there (lb.).
Eventually, however, in or about 1079, he resolved to
entrust the monks of St. Elorent with his contemplated
abbey at Briouze, and in order to increase his previous
1 History of Shropshire I. 106-116.
PREFACE. Xliii
endowment, which was insufficient for its purpose, he
added the church of Bramber, with its endowments, and
other churches in England (No. 1112). But as the
contemplated abbey was never established, and Briouze
remained a priory only, the English endowment was
devoted to an independent priory, which, founded at
Beeding instead of Bramber (perhaps on account of
the transaction recorded in No. 1131), took the name
of Sele.
Of the English possessions of the abbey of St. Sever
scarcely anything has hitherto been known. The dis-
covery by the editor in the Gartulaire de Normandie
of their confirmation by Adrian IV. (No. 615) enables
us to name no fewer than thirty-three localities in. which
it held churches or endowments. Its great benefactor was
Hugh, the Conqueror's earl of Chester, who re-founded
the Norman house, and to whose English fief, analysis
proves, ahnost all its possessions belonged. It had cells
at Henstridge,^ Somerset, and Haugham,^ Lincolnshire,
at both which places it is entered in Domesday as holding
of earl Hugh.
The grants to the abbeys of Cluny and Fontevrault,
charged on the revenues from English cities, form an
instructive addition to our knowledge of Norman finance.
In 1129, Henry I. granted to Fontevrault a hundred
poimds annually in money of E.ouen from the revenue
of his mint there, 30 marcs of silver from the form of
his city of London and 20 marcs from that of Winchester
(No. 1062). No such payments are entered on the Pipe
Roll of 1130, and in 1131 (January 13) he substituted a
fresh grant of 60 marcs a year out of the ferm of London
1 The " Endeston " or " Eynestane " of the Monasticon (VI. 1052, 1057),
i.e., Teanston in Henstridge (CoUinson II. 365).
2 The "Hagham," " Hacharn," or "Hayham" of the Monasticon
(VI. 1050).
xliv PEEFACE.
and 40 marcs out of that of Winchester (No. 1460). Four
months later, he hestowed on the abbey of Oluny a
similar endowment, 60 marcs from the ferm of London,
and 40 marcs from that of Lincoln, adding the interesting
provision that his officers were to bring this money, with
his ferms, to his Exchequer at Michaelmas, failing which,
his justice[s] of the Exchequer (justida mea scaccarii)
were to enforce payment etc. (No. 1387).^ The apportion-
ment of the charge was altered to 50 marcs from London
and 50 from Lincoln by a rather later charter (No. 1389).
These references to the Exchequer and to its coercive
jurisdiction are remarkable for their early date. It should
be observed that, although these sums are to be received
" from my treasury," the money can never have actually
passed " in thesauro," as the agent of the abbey was to
intercept it at the Exchequer.
With these grants should be grouped the remarkable
series of charters relating to a similar endowment con-
ferred on the abbey of Tiron (Nos. 998-1003.) Their
special feature is that they charge the endowment at
first, not on the ferm of any town, but on the king's
treasury at Winchester, and make it payable at
Michaelmas. We have here, incidentally, what is vir-
tually evidence that the annual Michaelmas audit,
afterwards held at the Exchequer, was, at this period,
still held at the Winchester treasury. Some quarter of
a century after Henry I. had made this grant, it was
confirmed by his daughter the Empress, but was now
specially charged on the ferm of Winchester itself. Her
charter was confirmed, in the same terms, by Henry II.
^ With this should be compared his writ to bishop Eoger and the
barons of the Exchequer, for Holy Trinity Priory, London : " ut ita
" constringatis vicecomitem ut eas reddat eis sicut faceretis de mea
" propria flrma."
PREFACE. xlv
before his accession ; and finally, in 1189, we find
Richard I. describing the endowment as payable at his
Exchequer in London. It is very remarkable that the
Empress confirmed the grants both to Fontevrault and
Tiron about the same time in 1141, the former charter
being actually addressed to the officers in charge of London,
from which she had just been expelled. Neither of these
her charters has hitherto been known.^ Equally curious
in its way is the confirmation by duke Henry to Tiron, in
which he deals with English revenues as if already king.
There must have been a similar grant by the Orown to
the great abbey of Marmoutier ; for, in his manuscript
history of that house, founded on its charters, Bom
Martfene wrote that —
Hilgodus [abbot 1100-1104], etant passe en Angleterre, y fut
re9U du roi et de la reine avec une bonte vraiment royale. II
eprouva des effets de leur magnificence par le don qu'ils lui firent
de trente marcs d'argent par an pour son monastfere.^
Such an endowment, at that early date, would be of
peculiar interest if the charter could be found; but the
editor was unsuccessful in the special search he made
for it.
An admirable instance of the value of these documents
for Anglo-Norman genealogy is found in the new light
they throw on the family of Bohun. Mr. Stapleton, who
first investigated the subject in his well-known work on
the Norman Exchequer,* decided that Engelger de
Bohun,* who was in close attendance on Henry II. before
his accession, and acted as a justiciary in Normandy
1 See Mr. Birch's paper in Journal of the British Archaological
Association, Vol. XXXI.
a MS. lat. 12,877.
3 Magni Rotuli scaccarii Normannie (1844), II. xxii-xxvii., xxxi-*
xxxvi.
* See the Index to this Calendar.
xlvi PREFACE.
for his father, and who appears later as paternal uncle
(" patruus ") of Jocelin bishop of Salisbury was the son
of another Bngelger whose wife was "apparently a
" daughter of Eichard de Meri. "^ This Richard, he
held, had, besides her, a son Herbert, whom he placed
as a child in the abbey of Marmoutier in 1113. The
pedigree was next investigated by Dr. Stubbs, who
devoted to it a long note in his edition of the LitercB
Gcmtuariemes (1866),^ in which he held that —
"Richard de Meri made his heir Engelger, a noble of the
C6tentin, who was almost certainly his son-in-law. This
Engelger had a son, Engelger II., who .... was living
to nearly 1180."
Some years later a writer in the Serald cmd Genealogist
attacked the pedigree anew, urging that the first Engelger
was one of the house of de Eougferes.* Then Mr. Chester
Waters, who was deemed the leading authority on these
subjects, wrote a long and learned article,* accept-
ing everything said by Stapleton, " who was facile
" prmceps of our Anglo-Norman genealogists," and
maintaining, in addition, that Savaric Eitz Cana, the
founder of the Bohuns of Midhurst, married " the
" daughter of Engelger (I.) by the heiress of Bichard
" deMeri."^
Although Stapleton had been over the ground covered
by this calendar, the results of the evidence it contains
are startling. It not only gives us the names, hitherto
unknown, of the wives of Eichard de Meri and
Savaric Eitz Cana (Nos. 669, 1213), but proves that
the two Engelgers (son-in-law and maternal grandson
of Eichard) were, in reality, but one, who was, on the
1 This is implied by the entry in the Testa de Nevill (p. 134) relating
to Bereford, Oxon.
2 (Rolls series) pp. Ixxxvii-viii. ^ Vol. VI. pp. 429-436.
* lb., VII. 289-317. 6 76.^ pp. 298, 302.
PREFACE. xlvii
contrary, his son^ (Fos. 662, 1215). Moreover, Savaric's
wife was the (laugliter not of Engelger de Bohun, but of
Richard de Meri^; This changes the whole pedigree
given by Mr. Chester Waters. And further, exami-
nation of the Marmoutier charter (No. 1213) proves
that Mr. Stapleton had so misread it that its date is
1092, not 1113, and that the boy left by Eichard with
the monks was not Herbert, but Humfrey.
It has been said by Sir H. Barkly that " Despite all
*' researches, Ernulph de Hesding still remains one of
" the most mysterious personages in Domesday," * A
tenant-in-chief in ten counties, and a tenant, under
bishop Odo, in Kent, it has never been proved where he
came from, or how his manors descended. Mr. Eyton
established the fact that some of them passed to the
Mtz Alans, through the marriage of his daughter Avelina
with Alan Eitz Flaald ; and he assigned him two other
daughters, one of whom, Matilda, married Patrick de
Cadurcis, who undoubtedly held in her right (No. 1033)
a large proportion of BrnuJf's fief.* Later research
recognises only Avelina and Matilda, while the editor
himself has never found any real proof that Matilda was
a daughter of Ernulf. Seeking further light on the
problem, he discovered, in a special examination of the
cartulary of St. George, Hesdiu, a charter of Ernulf
hitherto unknown (No, 1326) which not only locates him
in Erance, but mentions his daughter Ava, who was
clearly the above " Avelina," wife of Alan Eitz Elaald.
1 This overthrows the entry in the Testa de Nevill.
2 It is remarkable that Dr. Stubbs thought this " probable."
3 See Bristol and Gloucestershire ArcheBological Transactions, IV.
«7-90 ; XII. 12-16, 30-33 ; Herald and Genealogist VI. 241-253 ;
Freeman's William Rufus II. 65-6; Ellis's Introduction to Domes-
■day, etc.
* Cf. Feudal England, p. 109.
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It will pro'bably be found that Matilda and lier husband
obtained Ernulf s lands otherwise than by inheritance.
So great is the obscurity that still surrounds the origin
of some of our feudal houses that the race whose name
was Anglicised as Oha worth and Latinised as " de
Oadurcis," " de Chaorciis," etc./ has been derived
diversely by our best authorities, Mr. Ellis* and others
identifying its name with that of the town of Oahors,
while Mr. W.H. Stevenson traced it to a commune in
the Somme.* Its stammhaus, however, was the castle of
Ohaources, now Sourches, in the commune of St. Sym-
phorien, not far from Le Mans.* Hence they are here
found bestowing an English endowment (No. 1033) on
the stately abbey of La Couture still standing, as they
knew it, at Le Mans. The baronial house they here
founded ended in an heiress, who, by her marriage with
Henry earl of Lancaster and Leicester, became great
grandmother of Henry lY.^
An interesting discovery results from the charter,
hitherto unknown, of Henry I. to L'Bssay (No, 923)^;
for it proves that the Lincolnshire flef of Robert de Haie
had come to him, through his wife Muriel, by inherit-
ance, and not, as has been alleged,' by Crown grant on
the forfeiture of Picot, son of Oolswegen (the English
thegn) of Lincoln. Is it, then, possible that Muriel was
a sister of Picot ? There is a striking support for such
a view in the fact that Picot's charter to Spalding Priory*
1 Of. The Red Booh of the Exchequer, p. 1136.
2 Bristol and Gloucester Arch. Soc. Trans. IV. 174.
5 Rental of the Houses in Gloucester, p. xiv.
* )See Cauvin's " Historical Geography of Maine," and Le Chdteau de
Sourches et ses seigneurs, by A. Ledru (1887).
5 Hence the existence of their family charters among the Duchy of
Lancaster records.
^ The charter printed as his in Gallia Christiana is that of Henry II.
7 Chester Waters's Survey of Lindsey, pp. 8, 15.
« Monasticon III. 218.
PEEFACE xlix
mentions his nephew Eichard, and his niece Cecily ; for
Robert de Haie had a son Richard who succeeded him,
and a daughter Cecily who carried his honour of Halnaker
to the St. Johns.
For the Domesday student there is, probably, no
charter in these pages so important as that which grants
a Dorset manor to a priory of Marmoutier (No. 1206),
liable to the " Guelt quod colligitur per hidas " on four
hides only, because " reliquge sex sunt in dominio et
quiete." The geld-roll of 1084 proves that, in this
manor, 5f hides did escape payment as beiag "in
demesne." The reductions of assessment on Loders,
Dorset, in favour of the abbey of Montebourg (No. 876)
and on Horsley, Gloucestershire, in favour of that of
Troarn (Nos. 468, 472) are also deserving of notice.
In the latter case Henry I. grants anew the reduction
which his predecessor had granted, as if such a concession
was not permanently binding.
The chief value, however, of these documents for the
illustration of Domesday will be found in their mention
of many who appear in the great survey as tenants or
under-tenants. We meet, in the earliest of these charters,
not only with the fathers of those who obtained lands
in England, but with some, like Guihenoc of Monmouth
(No. 1135) and Waleran of Essex and London (No. 1409)
whose heirs had already succeeded them in 1086. The
real interest of the Conqueror's charter in favour of the
abbey of Preaux (No. 318) is found in its confirmation
of Roger de Beaumont's gift of five hides at Arlscott,
Warwickshire. Eor this was the estate entered in
Domesday as : " Ipse comes (de Mellent) tenet in Orla
" vescote V. hidas et S. Petrus Pratellensis de eo"
(2406.). It has hitherto been assumed that the Warwick-
shire fief was bestowed, direct, on the count; but this
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charter proves that, in a part of it, and, therefore, possibly
in the whole, he had been preceded by his renowned father
Roger de Beaumont, Roger must have surrendered
his estate here to his son the count of Meulan, before
1080. " ^Ifelmus " appears in Domesday as the previous
tenant at Watlington ; but the " Extone " of the charter
is the " Estone " (Aston, Berks) of Domesday (60) where
we read : " Comes Moriton' tenet Estone et abbatia de
" Pratellis tenet de eo. Anschil tenuit T.E.E.", (" Thorix"
being, in the charter, the previous tenant).
One of the most interesting illustrations of Domesday
is that afforded by tie death-bed gift of Robert son of
Tetbald, "the sheriff," to St. Martin of Sees (No. 655).
To Mr. Eyton belongs the credit of discovering the
importance of this tenant of earl Roger of Shrewsbury.^
He boldly claimed him as " by far the greatest feoffee "
in the earl's Sussex fief, and as the Domesday lord of
the honour of Petworth ; and he further suggested that
it may have been Sussex of which he was the Norman
sheriff. Mr. Eyton, however, was not acquainted with
this instructive charter, which proves the identity of the
Robert who held " Totintune " (Toddington in Lymiuster,
near Arundel) in Domesday with Robert son of Tetbald.
It supplies not only the name of his wife, but the date
of his own death (1087) an event referred to in No. 656.
This date is the more important because Mr. Eyton
held that Robert was still living after 1108, and was
not affected by his lord's catastrophe in 1102. But further,
the last four witnesses to the charter are "Robertus
" de Petehorda presbiter, Corbelinus, Hamelinus, et
" Turstinus de Petehorda." "We have clearly here the
priest of Petworth, the " Corbelinus " who held under
History oj Shropshire II. 266-267.
PREFACE. li
"Robert" in 1086 at Barlavington, the "Hamelinus"
who held of him, similarly, at Burton, and prohahly also
the " Turstinus " who held of him at Greatham. We
may, therefore, identify him with the "Robert" who
appears in Domesday Book as the tenant of these manors,
and thus prove the correctness of Mr. Eyton's happy
conjecture. Nor is this all that we learn, from these
documents, of Robert, for we need not hesitate to say he
is the same as that Robert " de Arundello " who gave land
at Hardham (" Eringeham ") to the Oluniac Priory of
Lewes (No. 1391). Arundel, with which Domesday
connects him, would be his official residence as " sheriff,"
not as Mr. Eyton believed, of Sussex, but, we may infer,
of " the honour of Arundel." Eor a Marmoutier charter
(No. 1205) affords us the striking phrase " sheriff of the
" honour of Pevensey." We may ask ourselves, there-
fore, although such a fact has never yet, it would seem,
been even suspected by historians, whether, in Norman
times, each of the Sussex honours had not its own sheriff.
There are indications to that effect, both for Hastings
and for Lewes.
It is probable that to ecclesiologists, or at least to
hagiographers, the most interesting charters in this
volume are those which restore lost invocations of
churches on the old Welsh border. Specially striking
is that of St. Tadioc, which defied, for a time, identi-
fication, but is evidently now Dixton (St. Peter),
adjoining Monmouth. It seems to commemorate the
(alleged) last British archbishop of York. So too
Rockfield, Mon., which had here St. " Kinephaut " for
its saint, has now St. Peter; while Welsh Bicknor had
then the invocation, not of St. Margaret, but of St.
" Custenin," i.e., of St. Constantino the king (Cystennin
Eendigaid). At Monmouth itself we have a chapel
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lii PREFACE.
dedicated to St. Duellus (No. 1129) whom it would be
perhaps rash to identify. All these interesting invoca-
tions were unknown to Prof. Rees when he wrote his
erudite "Essay on the "Welsh Saints."
A group entry under " Law " will be found in the " Index
Rerum " ; but the attention of students of legal history
may be called to No. 61. The remarkable feature of
this charter is the number of justices present among the
witnesses. In addition to John's own chancellor, Stephen
Eidel, and Richard's justiciar, Geoffrey Fitz Piers, we
have the two-weU known justiciars Hugh Bardulf and
William Briewer, with Robert Fitz Roger, Roger Pitz
Reinfrid, Robert de Witefeld, Otho Pitz William,
Theobald Walter, Thomas de Husseburne, Hugh Peverell,
William Pitz Richard, and Henry de Wichenton, all
of whom acted as justices about this time. Such a record
is probably unique.^ It should also be observed that
in this document William de Roumare is recognised
as earl of Lincoln and Greffrey Pitz Piers as earl of
Essex, the latter style being an anticipation, and the
former a solecism.
A charter absolutely unique in this volume is No. 309
granted by Richard I. at Jaffa, 10 January, 1192. Among
its eighteen witnesses we recognise leading comrades of
the king, Robert earl of Leicester, who heads them, having
been concerned, about a fortnight before, with Andrew
de Chavigny, Henry de Gray, Peter de Preaux and Warin
Pitz Gerold, all of them witnesses, in a desperate affair with
1 There is, however, an unprinted Duchy of Lancaster charter, granting
lands to Henry de Cornhill, towards the close of Henry II.'s reign, which
is witnessed not only by John (as "the king's son") and Eanulf de
Glanville, chief justice, but by nine other officers who acted as justices
about this period, including four of those who witnessed the above charter
(35th Report of Deputy JJieeper, No. 163. Further names occur in
No. 162).
PREFACE. liii
the Saracens,^ But the special importance of the charter
is found in its proof that Richard was present at Jaffa
on the above date, although, following the Itmerarmm,
historians have held that he remained at Beit Nuba till
about January 13, and then reth-ed to Ramleh, whence
he marched towards Ascalon. His presence at Jaffa on
January 10 is irreconciliable with this view.
One of the most difficult questions of chronology
occuring in these charters is that which is raised by the
words : " In veneris die, id est feria septima(sic), feria
" que tunc temporis erat tercia ante Purificationem
" S. Mariae " (No. 1112-3). The right reading is « feria
sexta," as M. Marchegay presumed and as the " Liber
Albus" and the Oxford text prove; but the difiBculty is
that the only year on which Friday could come three days
before the Purification (within the limits possible) is
1075, according to the Monasticon, which date, therefore,
is given in Dugdale's Baronage etc. M. Marchegay,
seeing tliat the charter must belong to the years
1079-1083, declared that 1080 was the only year in
which the 30th January, within this limit, was a Friday.
He must have forgotten that, being leap year, it would
have fallen on Thursday. The 30th was never, therefore,
a Friday within the limits ascertained. The solution
propounded by the editor is that "tercia ante" means
here, as in the Roman Calendar, the second day before.
The true date would thus be Friday 31st January, 1080.
By connecting this document with No. 1114 which
M. Marchegay placed a year later, assigning it to
January 7, 1081, we reverse their order and make them
part of a single episode comprised within the month of
January, 1080, while the actual gift of William de
Briouze belongs to an earlier date. The point derives
1 Itinerarium Ricardi (Rolls), pp. 300, 302.
liv PREFACE.
some importance from the fact that it throws light on
the movements of the Conqueror and his queen at a time
when they are most obscure. According, indeed, to
Mr. Preeman, it was in this very month (January 1080)
that William was besieging his son at Gerberoy. But he
placed that event a year too late; its true date was
January 1079. Nor is this the only case in which fresh
light is here thrown on the obscure chronology of
William's reign.
In what is now known as "Diplomatic" the most
interesting document, probably, is No. 1423. Although,
at first sight, of singular, indeed extravagant, character,
its very peculiarities tend to prove that the original
charter was genuine. This opinion is based solely on
the masterly paper by Mr. W. H. Stevenson on the
Conqueror's charter in favour of St. Martin-le-Qrand,^
to which this newly-recovered document presents a
remarkable affinity. In the former, William describes
himself as "Ingekici peticioni adquiescens " : in the
latter we read "Ego Ingelricus ad hoc impetrandum
obnixe studui." Allusion may here be made to the
charter immediately preceding (No. 1422), for its men-
tion, not only of the English iBthelings as present at
the Norman Court, but of the Erench king being there
also. This allusion, in a charter, to his exUe is, perhaps,
unique.
The above comments on the documents here calendared
wUl be supplemented by the editor, for want of space, in
some other quarter.^ But the "Index Rerum" wiU, it
is hoped, call attention to further points. In the " Index
1 English Historical Review XI. 734.
2 The Sussex charters not here discussed will be dealt with by him in
Vol. XLII. of the Sussex Archaeological Society's collections ; and he
hopes to communicate a paper on points in certain documents to
ArchcBologia,
PREFACE. Iv
JS'omiimm " great labour has beeu devoted to identifying
place-nameSj but in many eases their corrupt form has
rendered the task impossible. On the other hand, the
Index of personal names has been made a special feature,
and will, it is hoped, as incorporating the editor's genea-
logical knowledge, be found of service by those who have
to deal with Anglo-Norman names.
Lastly, the editor is anxious to acknowledge the assist-
ance he has received in his researches, especially from
the Archivistes of Erance. M. Dolbet, Archiviste of La
Manche, was good enough to place at his disposal all
the treasures of his Archives, and to give him exceptional
facilities for their study. From the learned and weU-
known Archiviste of the Maine-et-Loire, M. Port, as from
M. Bourbon, Archiviste of the Eure, and M. Chavanon,
Archiviste of the Sarthe, he received help without which
it woidd not have been possible to make this collection as
extensive as it is. In Paris the services of M. Ch. Bemont,
whose name is familiar to English scholars, and M. Couderc, /
of the MS. Department, Bibliotheque Rationale, call for
his grateful recognition. He desires also especially to
thank Sir H. Maxwell Lyte, Deputy Keeper of the
Records, for the personal interest he has taken in the
work and for many valued suggestions while it was
passing through the press.
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY,
ROUEN,
FOR SECULAR CANONS.
[Original docv/ments in Archives of Seine Inferieure.
Cartulary in Public Library of Rouen. Y. 44.]
1061. 1. Charter of Edward the Confessor confirming to the church
(Cartulary, fo. 26. of St. Mary of Rouen the vill of Ottery St. Mary (Otegia) free
raus. 1.) ^j. ^ij aervice to the Crown and of the trinoda necessitas.
[1088-1096.] 2. Charter of Robert duke of Normandy, son of William
15 Aug. king of the English (AngV). He grants to the church of Rouen
(Cartulary, fos. 47, his right to hemagium on its land of Pierreval (Petrevallis),
^^^ "^ He makes this gift on the day of the Assumption in the church
itself, and places it on the altar by a knife in the presence of
Robert count of Mellent aad Alberie de Cocceio and Robert son
of Hugh de Monteforti and many of his barons also and Ralph
his chancellor [and] Ernulf de Cioches his chaplain, William
being then archbishop and celebrating mass on this feast day.
1091. 3. Charter of Philip king of the French granting the abbey
(Cartulary, fo. 46d.) of St. Mellon of Pontoise {Pons Isare) to William archbishop
of Rouen and his successors to be held of the king and his
successors, to the honour and glory of St. Mary of Rouen, with
other grants (specified). For this fee (fedium) the archbishop,
if suitably summoned, is to attend unless he has a lawful
excuse, one of the king's courts, at Beauvais, at Paris, or at
Senlis, whence the king will supply him with an escort {con-
ductus) to Chaumont (Calvus mans) or Pontoise, and he shall
attend the king's pleas throughout the Vexin {per Vilcassinum)
if suitably summoned.
Anno M''xc''i'' ab incarnatione Domini. Huic vero dona-
tioni interfuerunt quidem ex mea parte Wido dapifer de
RochefFort et Adelinus de Lusarchis, et Galterus Tirel, et
Paganus de Neafla.
[1107-1128.] 4. Notification by William bishop of Winchester, chancellor
(Cartulary, fo.^49. of king William the second and chaplain of king William the
rans. 329.) gj.g|.^ ^^^^ ^^ bears testimony, for the church of Rouen, that
neither in the time of the first nor of the second king William
had any chancellor or chaplain the power of disposing anything
in the choir of the church of Rouen, or of singing the "Christus
vincit,"^ or of doing anything else.
' There is a late copy of the original document in the archives, G. 3C23.
2 Compare Introduction to Patent Rolls, Vol. I. (1835) p. xxxv.
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CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, ROUEN.
[1111-1116.]
2 Feb.
(.Vidimus of 1.312
in archives.
Trans. 39. Also
original Inspeximus
by Edward I., 11 July ^J^h
1286, in arohi-ves.
Trans. 212.
See also No. 6.)
5. Charter of Henry I. (as king of the English and Duke of
tlie Normans) addressed generally. He gives to Geoffrey arch-
bishop of Rouen and his successors, for the souls of liis father
king William and his mother queen Maud and his brother king
William and himself, the manor of Bentworth ( Winteworda)
the berewite^ of Burkham (B^rcheham), which was de-
livered to them as worth 201. a year ; to be held in demesne for
their support with all its privileges and dues.
Testibus : Eogero episcopo Saresberie, -et Roberto episcopo
Lincolnie, et Ranulfo episcopo Dunelmensi, et Ranulfo can-
cellario, et Roberto comite de Mellent, et Willelmo de Warenna
comite, et Hugone de Gournayo, et Willelmo de Tancarvilla
camerario, et Willelmo de Albineyo pincerna, et Nigello^ de
Albineyo fratre suo, et Hamone dapifero, et Ada de Port.
Apud Windesor[es] in purificatione Sancte Marie virginis.
1111-1116.
(Cartulary, fo. 28
Trans. 37.)
6. Duplicate of Trans. 39, with only first three witnesses
named.
1113-1120. 7. Writ of Henry I. addressed to the men of Douvrent. They
(Cartulary, fo. 47d. are to obey Geoffrey archbishop of Rouen as lord of the honour
Trans. 36, 47.) ^f Douvrent, for the king restores it to God and St. Mary.
Teste Ranulfo cancellario nostro. Apud Rothomagum.
[1107-1135.]
(Cartulary.'
Trans. 43.)
8. Charter of Henry I. (as king of the English and duke of
the Normans) addressed to the archbishop of Rouen and others.
He gives to St. Mary of Rouen rights in his forest of Aliermont
(Alihermont).
Teste Johanne episcopo Lexoviensi ; Roberto vicecomite.
Apud Rothomagum,
[1137-1141.] 9. Charter'' of Stephen, addressed to H[ugh] archbishop of
(Cartulary, fos. 45d, Rouen and others ill Normandy. He restores to Hugh and his
67. Trans. 55.) guccessors and to all the bishops of Normandy all episcopal
rights and synodals ; and he renews the enactment of his uncle
king Henry (see under Evreux, Trans. 22). He decrees that all
who are disobedient shall be punished by the power of the
sword as well as by episcopal censure.
Testibus : Hugone (sicY episcopo Wintoniensi, et B[ernardo]
episcopo Sancti David ; R[oberto] episcopo Batoniensi ;
Willelmo Martel; G[osleno] de Pomeria. Apud Winteham."
[1150-1165.] 10. Chatter of William de Roumare, earl of Lincoln, He
(Cartulary, fo. 3id. gives to the metropolitan church of Rouen 100 shillings, in
Trans. 416.) money of Rouen, annually, for ever, 50 to be for light, namely
a wax (candle) burning daily before the high {'magnum) altar.
■ Trans. : " Verewioa." Cart. : " Berewita." ^ Trans. ; " Sagello."
3 Not identified on collation. ■• Text doubtful in its present form.
5 Rectius : " Henrico." « '' Witheham " on fo. 61d.
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, ROUEN.
[1150-1155.]
which 50 shillings shall be paid from his rent of Rouraare on
the fourth day of Christmas, and the other 50 to be given for
the food of the canons in common, at the Annunciation, from
his toll[s] at Bourg Dun {Dunum).
His testibus : Gaufrido decano ; Nicholao secretario ; Os-
miindo archidiacono ; Hugone de Dblvilla canonico, et multis
aliis.
\Circ. 1145.] 11. Charter^ of Hugh archbishop and Waleran dean of
Original in archives, Rouen and the whole convent of canons^ addressed to French
'' and English, present and future. Having taken counsel
[together] they have given their manor of Otri at ferm to their
men of Otri on the terms that {ita quod) Uluard and Roger
and ^ shall, on behalf of them all, be responsible to
themselves for the render of that ferm. These three shall swear,
and all the others of the manor, in the presence of the canons
and the clerks or the laymen sent to them by themselves, that,
so far as they can, they will cause to be restored, and when
restored, will assign to their own demesne, whatever they had
of ancient right in their possession {proprietate) at any time, in
lands, and woods, and meadows, and waters, and mills and
rents, and dues. They shall also swear that they will well and
faithfully render, at the appointed term, tl^e (nostram) ferm of
Otri, namely 40 pounds sterlirig and 6 marcs and 8 shillings
and 10 pence halfpenny, at Rouen, without evil device (ingenio),
suitably in chapter, in the hand of the dean and canons, in
good faith [and] in open discharge, every year, so long as they
shall hold the ferm, and this at Midsummer. And whatever
they receive by the hand of the canons, in oxen and sheep and
other animals, and in crops (bladis), whether in the fields or in
bams (granceis) and houses, the men of Otri shall repay to their
' lords the canons of Rouen. This is done on condition that they
shall provide (procv/rabvmt) wholly for two canons who are now
to go to the manor, [both] going and coming.
Huic vero conventioni interfuerunt ex parte capituli: Juhellus ;
Turoldus filius Radulfi ; Bertrannus de Bailluel ; Willelmus
filius Albered[e]; Willelmus de Spineto ; Girardus de Fovea;
Willelmus filius Ansfridi.
(Endorsed.)*
[1173-1181.] These are the pledges of Walter de Bosco ... for
the deanery of Amfreville {de dec\_a7iaiu\ damfrevilla) before
master Peter the precentor and others : Nicolaus infans ;
Radulfus filius Roberti ; Ricardus de Saine villa ; Ernulf ;
Wigbt ; Geofrei filius Godard ; Ricardus Hoel.
These are the pledges of all the chattels that G. Burnel has
towards (ergo) master Peter of Blois for the wrong (fori8fac[tura])
' Headed : " Oyrographiiln venim." ^ Name erased.
* In an exchequer hand resembling that of our Pipe Eolls.
A 2
4 ": CATHEDRAL CHUECH OF ST. MARY, ]10UEN.
[1173-1181.]
which he did him : Wacio frater suus ; Willelmus filius Wauonis ;
G. Calcun ; Walterus de Must' ; Osb[ertus] del Must' ; Amfrei ;
Eadulfus filius Bemer[ii].
These are [they] who according to the common deliberation
(consideratione) of the whole chapter owed [money] for the
construction of the chapter house : Walerannus de Mellento xl. s. ;
G. de Mundevilla xl. s. ; Rogerus Norman xx. s . ; Osmund de
Peissi xl. s. ; filius comitis P[er]t[ice] xl. s. ; Walterus archi-
diaconus de Sancto Walerico xl.s. ; magister Petrus Blesensis
xl.[s.] ; d[ominus] Jeremias xl. s. ; d[ominus] Cancellarius^ xxx. s. ;
dominus Decanus pro se et suis 1. [s.] ; dominus Amic[us] archi-
diaconus^ xxx. s. ; dominus Sacrista xl. s. ; Johannes Luc[as] xl. s. ;
dominus Wido xl. s. ; magister Hubertus xl. s. ; Malveisin xl. s. ;
S[umma] xxxv. li. (sic).
1151-1154. 12. Charter of Henry, duke of Normandy and count of
(Cartuiaiy, fo. 110.) Anjou, addressed to H[ugh] archbishop of Rouen and all his
justices and prudhommei! of Rouen. He grants to G[irold]
Malus Clericus the land of Reinald cie Sancto Walerico of the
cathedral precinct (de atrio Sancte Marie) at the request and
by the consent of Reinald, for his service, to build himself a
house of stone and wood (fusfo) at his pleasure,
T[estibus] Godardo de Vallibus, et Warino filio Geroldi, et
teste Willermo filio Hamonis. Apnd Rothomagnm. Valete.
[1155.] 13. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
(Original in to St. Mary of Rouen, Hugh the archbishop and his successors
M^DevTlle"^ the whole manor of Bentworth (Binthevorda), as free from all
Partial facsimile, geld, danegeld, hidage, pleas, aids, shire and hundred [courts]
Trans. 62.) ^^d murder-fines (murdredis) as Henry I. had held it in
demesne. He also grants to them the forfeiture[s] and justice
of their own men.
Testibus : Philippo episcopo Baiocensi ; Rotrodo Ebroicensi
cpiscopo; Thoma cancellario; Willelmo filio Ham[onis] ; Guarino
filio Geroldi camerario. Apud Northant[onam].
[1154-5.] 14. Charter of Henry II. addressed to R[oger] archbishop
(Original in archives, of York and his lieges of Yorkshire. He grants to H[ugh]
Cartulary!*fo. 26rf. archbishop of Rouen (in exchange) for his revenue from Gisors
Trans' 63.) all the rights of Henry I. in the manor of Kiliiam (Kiluni)
for his life.
Testibus: Arnulfo episcopo Lexoviensi; Philippo episcopo
Baiocensi ; Reg[inaldo] comite (Coruubie, Apud Lond[oniam]).''
[1154-8.] ' 15. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of York
(,Ir,speximvs of 12/.5 t^d his Hegcs of Yorkshire. He gives and grants to Huffh
in arenives, G. 4053." uu-uj!t> ii- • i .. ^. °
Trans. 04.) archbishop or Kouen and his successors in exchange for Gisors a
moiety of the manor of Kilham (Killon), of which he has given
1 Ealf de Warnovilla (?). 2 interlined,
' Now G. 4482 in archives of Rouen.
■* These bracketed -vpords not in the Cartulary. " Londinum " wrongly in Trans.
' First three (of Transcript) witnesses only in Inspe.rimus.
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, ROUEN.
[1154-8.]
the canons of Rouen the other moiety. The manor to be held
aa it was by his grandfather king Henry in his demesne.
Testibus: Teobaldo Cantiiarensi archiepiscopo ; Nig[ello] Eli-
ensi episcopo ; Joc[elino] Saresb[erien8i] episcopo ; R[oberto]
Exoiiiensi episcopb ; Eeginaldo comite Comubie ; Gaufrido
comite de Magnavilla ; Man[sero] Bis[set] dapifero ; Ricardo de
Camvilla ; Willelmo filio Johannis. Apud Radinges.
[1154-8.] 16. Duplicate of preceding, only naming the first three
(Cartulary, fo. 2U. witnesses.
Trans. 65.)
[1155-1164.] 17. Letter from Roger archbishop of York to Hugh arch-
(Inspeximus in bishop of RoueD. He Confirms to him and his successors for
"cartuiary, hi^27 ^^^^ ^ moiety of Kilon, which Henry the illustrious king of, the
Trans. 311.) English has given to him and his church, giving its other moiety
to the chapter of his church. By the authority of the blessed
Peter and his own he prohibits anyone from depriving them of
that possession or disputing it in any way.
T[estibus] : Willelmo cantore ; Bartholomeo archidiacono.
[1155-1161.] 18. Charter of T[heobald], archbishop of Canterbury and
Qittspexivius in legate of the Apostolic ,see, addressed generally. He confirms
Cartulary, io^26d. * nioiety of the manor of Kilon to the church of St. Mary,
Trans. 326.) Rouen, and its canons as granted to them for their use, by the
charter of Henry the second, king of the English.
[1155-1160.] 19. Notification by Robert, bishop of Exeter, that he was
(Inspeximus ut present when his lord Henry king of the English granted a
jOTtuiarv^fo. '26I iiioiety of the manor of Killon to the canons of the church of
Trans". 343.) Rouen, and made delivery thereof in the hand of Gildo arch-
deacon of Eouen. He bears this testimony lest the grant
should decay with time.
[1162, 27 Nov.] 20. Letter of Pope Alexander III. addressed to Geofirey the
tCartuiary, fo. 87d. (Jean and the chapter of Rouen. He confirms to them a moiety
..; ^j ^j^^ manor of Kyllum, as granted them by his dearest
son in Christ, Henrj' the illustrious king of the English.
Datum Turonis, v kalendas Decembris.
[1162-1166.] 21. Charter of Ralf (de Warnevilla) treasurer of the church
(Cartulary, fo. 50.) of Rouen Concerning the manor of Killon which
he received from the chapter of Rouen, in 1162, according to
the agreement between them, for four years, he grants that if
he dies within that time everything on that manor belonging
to him by acquisition shall pass into the hands of the chapter.
[1154-8.] 22. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
(Cartulary, fo. 118. to St. Mary's, Eouen, for its canons in common the whole
Trans. 73.) ^anor of Clere, as free from geld, danegeld, liidage, pleas,_ aids,
and all dues as his grandfather king Henry had held it in his
6 CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, ROUEN.
[1154-8.] „•,, . ., ,.,,,
demesne, retaining nothing for Mmself., Anyone holding aught
of it is to be disseised ujiless holding by the gift or writ of
king Heniy. He also grants them, the market there and the
hundred and the forfeitur£[s] and justice of their men. This
he does for the souls of his father and king Henry his grand-
father and his mother, and his predecessors and successors, and
for his weal and the [good] estate of his realm.
Testibus : Thoma cancellario ; Kegi[naldo] comite Comubie ;
Henrico de Exsex[a] constabulario ; Ricardo de Humeto con-
stabulario ; Willelmo filio Ham[onis] ; Guarino filio Giroldi
camerario.
[116.5-6.] 23. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
{Inspeximus by and gives to Rotrou archbishop of Rouen the church of
imjn a'rohiv'es!^ Bent worth {Wyniewordaf' w'lih its appurtenances.
TraQs. 212. Testibus : Galfrido archidiacono^ Cantuarensi ; Kicardo archi-
Cartiiiary, fo. 28. diacono Pictavensi ; Roberto comite Legr[ecestrie] ; comite*
raus. / .) Gaufrido ; Ricardo de Lucy ; Bernardo de Sancto Walerico ;
Alano de Neuvilla. Apud Westmonasterium.
[1166-1175.] 24. Charter of Henty II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Cartulary, fo. io7rf. Rouen and l)is lieges of Normandy. He confirms to Walter de
Sancto Walerico the mortgage (vadium) which his father had
on the house of Gerold Malus Clericus, which was given him.
He is to hold it till the sum is repaid.
T[estibus] : Rotrodo archiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; Henrico
episcopo Baiocensi ; comite Willelmo de Mandevilla ; Ricardo de
Humeto constabulario ; Willelmo de Curci dapifero ; Alwredo
de Sancto Martino. Apud Burum.
[1165-1183.] 25. Writ of Henry II. addressed to his bailiflfs of Arques
(Cartulary, fo. 46. and Drincouit. The canons of St. Mary's Rouen are to enjoy
rans. 0.) everything belonging to their church and prebends as freely as
under king Henry hi.s grandfather. And they are to be so
effectually helped to recover any land taken from them that no
complaint from them may reach him.
Teste .R[otrodo] archiepiscopo R6thomag[ens]i. Apud Chivili.
[1174-1183.] 26. Writ of Henry II. addressed to his castellan and bailiHs
(Cartulary, fo. 49rf. of Drincouit. They are to uphold and promote everything
rans. 6G.) appertaining to the church of Rouen, as of his demesne, and
especially its pasture at Londiniferes (Londenerie), adjudged to it
by assize at Rouen in his court. No one is to be suffered to wrono-
that church, and should anyone presume to do so, amends are to
be promptly made to it.
Teste magistro Walter© de Constantiis. Apud Westmonas-
terium.
1 " Bintewortla " in Transcript 71. 2 j^g « Archiepiscopo" in both texts.
' " Comite" omitted in Transcript 71,
CATHEDRAL CHURCH 01<^ ST. MARY. ROUEN.
[1173-1181.] 27. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Cartulary, fo. 44. Rouen and all his lieges of Normandy. He confirms to the
rans. 69.) community of canons of St. Mary's Rouen the church of St.
Martin of Bee, which William de Moritania gave to archbishop
Rotrou, in his presence, — Robert his eldest son and heir assenting
— and which Rotrou gave to the community of canons.^
Testibus : H[enrico]^ Baiocensi, et Arnulfo Lexoviensi, et
Frogerio Sagiensi, Ricardo Constantiensi, Ricavdo Abricensi,
episcopis ; Martino abbate Ceresiac[i]. Apud Argentonum.
[Circ. 1175.] 28. Charter of Geoffrey, dean of the church of Rouen and
(Cartulary, fo. 44rf. its convent. By the advice of the archbishop and his brethren he
rans. 376.) disposes of the rents received from England among the chapter.
[1170-1175.] 29. Notification by Roger archbishop of York, that Roger de
(Original in archives, Warwic, the king's chaplain, has bought a messuage (masuram)
Cartulary^fo 128 ^^ Roucn, of his fee, in the street (vico) of St. Denis, from Bona
Trans. 317.) ' the wife (Bona axore) of Toustain the mason, for 7 pounds of
Anjou, by his consent and permission (details of holding given).
Another messuage, also of his fee, which his bailiff the prior of
(St. Marie de) Pie has, by his command and wish, delivered to
the said Roger, he grants to him and his heirs for ever for the
annual rent of 8 shillings of visual money. Should the said
Roger buy, or otherwise acquire other lands or messuages of his
fee, he may hold them, saving only the annual rent due from
them.
Testes sunt Gaufridus Rothomagensis decanus ; Radulfus
de Wannevilla thesaurarius Eboracen,sis ; Jeremias archidia-
conus^ ; magister Vacarius ; magister Ansgotus ; Radulfus
prior de Gloecestria ; Godardus de Vallibns ; Reginaldus de
Gerpunvilla; Willelmus de Malapalude ; Bartholomeus Fergant
tunc major communie Rothom[agi] ; Johannes filius Luce ;
Bartholomeo Bataille ; Gaufridus filius vicecomitisse ; Walterus
filius Giroldi ; Guido parvus ; Rogerus de Bellomonte ; Ricardus
filus Benedicti ; Rogerus Dorgoil ; Bemardus pistor, et multi alii.
[1174 30. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He gives to
Circ. Aug. 8.] his beloved clerk master Walter de Constanciis the chapel ry of
(Cartulary, fo. 100. BIythe (BUo), with all its appurtenances in churches and
Trans. 74.) chapels, lands, tithes and all else, for so long as he shall remain
a clerk (in habitu clericali) to hold as freely as any of his
])redecessors.
Testibus : R[ogero] arehiepiscopo Eboracensi ; R[icardo]
Wintoniensi electis ;* comite Regin[aldo] Cornubie ; Ricardo
de Luci ; Reginaldo de Curtenai ; Willelmo de Albigneio ;
Unfrido de Bohun ; Roberto Marmion ; Hugone de Creissi ;
Willelmo de Lamvall[ei] ; Toma Basset. Apud Stokes' juxta
mare.
1 Rolrou's gift is in G. 4134 in the archives. " Trans. : " Hugone."
' i.e., de Clivelande. ■• Rectius " electo." > Trans. : " Sookes."
8
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, ROUEN.
[1175.] 31. Charter of Henry, king of the English, duke of Nor-
(Cartulary, fo. \02d. mandy, count of Anjou, son of king Henry, addressed generally
TraDs.202.) (England). He confirms his father's charter (supra No. 30),
but styles Walter his father's clerk and his own.
Testibus:' Ricardo Wintoniensi, jG[aufrido] Eliensi, episcopis ;
Willelmo Marescallo ; Gir[ardo] Thalebot ; Roberto de Tresgoz ;
Bimone de Marisco ; Willelmo de Diva ; Ada de Ichebuef. Apud
Westmonasterium.
[? 1175.]
(Cartulary,
fos. 69rf and 78
[>vrongly paged] .
Trans. 67.)
32. Charter of Heury II. addressed generally. At the request
of Bernard Comin and Hawys his wife and William his eldest
son and his other children, and of Ralf de Sancto Amando,
the heirs of Ralf son of Stephen, he confirms to Master Walter
de Coutances his clerk, the house in Rouen on the great bridge,
with all its appurtenances, which belonged to Ralf son of
Stephen, which Walter bought from them in the presence of
the king's justices and the commune (communia) of Rouen.
He also "confirms to him the house of Ibold at the great bridge,
with the osier-bed adjoining it, which the said Bernard and
his wife and children owned by purchase, and sold to the
said Walter. For these Bernard with his wife and sons
received 140 pounds of Anjou and a palfrey from Walter, and
Ralf de Sancto Amando 100 pounds of Anjou. Walter has freed
the house of Ralf from the ten marcs of gold which [claim]
his widow Emma had on it for dower. The vendors have
abjured to Walter all right in these houses, and have sworn
to warrant them to Walter and his heirs. Walter is to hold
them freely, saving the king's service and that of the lords of
the fee.
Testibus : Ric[ardo] Wintoniensi, Galfii[do] El[iensi], episcopis,
Willelmo de Humet constabulario ; Rogero le Bigot ; Stephano
de Toron[is] senescallo Andegavie ; Rannulfo de Glanvilla ;
Galfrido de Pertica ; Saih[er]io de Quinci ; Ilogero de Stutevilla ;
Michaele Belet ; Willelmo de Bendeng[es]. Apud Windesor.
[1175.] 33. Charter of Henry king of the English, duke of
(Original in archives, Normandy, count of Anjou, son of king Henry, addressed
^' foT'n^im^''''^' generally, and similar to his father's charter (No. 32), which he
Trans.'201.) confirms.
Testibus : Ricardo Wintoniensi, et Gaufrido Eliensi episcopis ;
Willelmo de Humeto ; Rogero lo Bigot ; Rannulfo de Glanvilla ;
Willelmo marascallo ; Gerardo Talebot ; Roberto de Tregoz :
Adam de Ikebo ; Simone de Marisco. Apud Westmonasterium
[? 1175.] 34. Notification by Ralf, chancellor of the king of England,
(Original in archives, William de Malapalude, the king's justiciar, and Bartholomew,
^' f ^^ Rfi^i^ing'*'^' ™^yo^" o^ *^e commune (communia) of Rouen, that Walter de
Trans. 497.) Oastellione and Hemma his wife, daughter of the Gomtesse^
^ See Preface.
^ Sic in Transcript, hut " Vicecomitisse " in Cartulary, rightly.
CATHEDRAL CHUEOH OF ST. MARY, ROUEN. 9
[?1175.]
have, in their presence, sold to master Walter de Constanciis
treasurer of Rouen [cathedral] the dower (dotalitiimi) of
Hemma, namely 10 marcs of gold on the house which belonor
to Ralf son of Stephen, her husband, and have received also in
their presence, the last instalment of the price, so that the said
treasurer should possess the said house, mortgaged (obligatam)
to him for the above sum, as Hemma received it from her
husband, till the 10 marcs of gold are paid him in full by the
heirs. And Walter de Castellione has pledged his faith, both
for himself and for his wife, because she is enceinte, that
if anyone should raise any claim against the treasurer in
this matter they will warrant him to the utmost of their
power.
Testes interfuerunt : Hubertus canonicus Lexoviensis ; magister
Teobaldus Turonensis canonicus ; Ricardus de Malapalude ;
magister Odo de Constantiis ; Willelmus de Mara; Robertus de
Mara filius ejus ; Gillebeitus Rainfredi ; Walterus filius Giroudi :
Nicholaus Groignet ; Hugo et Galfridus filii vicecomitisse ;
Clarenboudus Rufus, et alii quamplures tam clerici quam laici,
testimonium debentes veritati.
[? 1183.] 35. Letter from [William] castellan of St. Omer to pope
(Original, sealed, in Lucius III. assuring liim that he was present and heard king
'^'^Vraifs 494") Heniy son of Henry king of England, in his last moments,
choose as his [place of] sepulture the cathedral church of the
city of Rouen and earnestly entreat tliat his corpse should be
taken there.
[? 1183.] 36. Letter from Odo (sic) duke of Burgundy to pope
(Original, sealed, ia Lucius III. notifying that he was present and heard Henry
arctores, a 3569. ^^^ ^f Henry king of England, in his last moments, choose
Rouen as his [place of] sepulture, begging urgently that he
might be buried in the city of Rouen, in the cathedral church.
[? 1183.] 37. Letter from Bertram bishop of Agen to pope Lucius.
(Original, sealed, in [III.] At the request of the clerks of the church of Rouen, he
""^ Trans.^34Kr' i°forms him of the truth as to the sepulture of king Henry
the younger, lest [the interests of] justice should suffer through
his silence. When, at the command of king Henry his father,
he (the bishop) had come to liim, with a view to restoring
peace, he found him lying on the bed of sickness. After
receiving at his hands extreme unction and the other last
offices with the greatest humility and devotion, he named the
church of St. Mary of Rouen as the place of his sepulture.
On the bishop and several other religious men earnestly
advising him, in consideration of the difficulty of the journey
and the distance of the spot, to select the monastery of
Grandmont [instead], he could not be shaken in his pur[)ose.
Let his Holiness settle wh.it is to be done therein.
10
CATHBDEAL CHUECH OF ST. MAEY, EOUEN.
archives, G. 3569
Trans. 496.)
[?1183.] 38. Letter of E[aimund], duke of Narbonne, count of
(Original, sealed, in Toulouse, marquis (marcMo) of Provence, to pope Lucius III.
informing him that he was present at the death of the younger
king of England, who in liis liearing chose the church of Rouen
as hiB [place of] sepulture, and although begged and warned by-
many to choose the church of Grandmont (grandls mentis)
instead, could not be dissuaded from his purpose, but prayed to
be buried in the church of Rouen, near the tomb of his uncle
William.
1184.
(Cartulary, fo. 73d.
Trans. 206.
Original in archives,
G. 3569.)
39. Notification by Geoffrey, son of king Henry, duke of
Britanny and earl of Richmond, that out of piety and by the
counsel of the canons of the church of Rouen he has founded a
chaplaincy (capellania) there for the soul of his worshipful
brother king Henry the younger; and for the support of the
chaplain, he has given 20 pounds of annual rent from his mills
at Guiugamp, payable at Midsummer and the Purification, until
he assigns that rent somewhere else more satisfactorily at the
canons' wish. Constance his wife approves and allows the gift.
Testibus : Ricardo gemello ; Bono abbate do Rogi ; Ivone de
Gailla ; Herveo Agomar ; Matheo de Bain ; Matheo de Golena.
Actum Roton' anno mulxxxiiii. Datum per manum G. clerici.
[1184.]
(Original in
archives, G. 4483.
Cartulary, fo. 73.
Trans. 208.)
[Girc. 1186.1]
(Cartulary, fo. 141 .
Trans. 205.)
40. Charter of Constance duchess of Biitanny and countess
of Richmond. She confirms the gift which her worshipful
husband Geoiffrey, son of king Henry, duke of Brittany and
earl of Richmond, has made to the church of Rouen for the good
of the soul of his illustrious brother Henry the younger king.
Testibus : Ricaido gemello ; Bono abbate de Rogi ; Ivone de
Gailla ; Herveo Agomar ; Matheo de Bain ; Matheo de Golana
et multis aliis.
Fine seal of the duchess nearly perfect.
41. Charter of Margaret queen of England. Ever preserving
the memory of her lord and husband, king Henry the younger,
and anxious to maintain the same union of minds with him
when dead as when alive, she has determined to make pro-
vision in the church of Rouen, where his body is buried ; namely,
of the money which is to be sent her by the king of the
Hungarians, she will, as soon as she receives it, place SOO marcs
in the hands of the abbot of Clairviiux (Clarevallis) that he
may thence assign what rent he can to suitable chaplains who
shall diligently celebrate for the king's soul at the altar to be
assigned them by the dean, the balance to be devoted, on the
annive]:sary [of death] to the clerks serving in the choir,
who shall not be canons, at the discretion of the dean, it being
her purpose, should God will, to provide another endowment
for the chapter, when she has greater facilities. As to insti-
tuting the chaplains, she directs and insists that her beloved
' " 1184" iu Transcript.
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, ROUEN. 11
[Circ. 1185.]
R[obert] the dean sliall freely institute whom he will, with
the assistance of any of the chapter that he may wish to
consult. He and his successors are to have this right.
Testibus hiis : abbate Clarevallis ; Johanne de possessa ;
Amico E.othoii()[agi] tesaurario ; magistro Rogero Normanno •
Willelmo de Vallibus ; M[aria] comitissa Campaniej H[awysia]
comitissa Gloecestrie, efc pluribus aliis.
[1184.] 17 Nov. 42. Letter of pope Lucius [III.J to the dean and chapter of
(Cartulary, fo. 88d. Rouen. He has received tlieir envoys master Hubert, arch-
Trans. .) deacon of Lisieux, and Helias canons of their church, with
fitting honour, has hearkened kindly to their prayers, and has
given them effect, by gladly admitting tl-e unanimous election
of the bishop [Walter] of Lincoln, doing so the more readily,
because the said bishop is very dear to him, and he desires to
promote and honour hiin. He has arranged, at their earnest
request, to send the pallium by his beloved son Hubald the
subdeacon, whom he commends to their loving attention.
Datum Verone, xv. kalendas Decembris.
[1185-1189.] 43. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He has, by
(Cartulary, fo. 65. consent of both parties Settled the dis})ute between Walter arch -
Trans. 106.) bishop of Rouen and Henry abbot of Ft^camp concerning a monk
at Aviscummons whom the archbishop had excommunicated
for administering the sacrament to excommunicate [persons] in
his church there. Having taken counsel with his bishops and
barons, he decides (pronuntiavi) that the monk shall seek
absolution from the archbishop, who shall absolve him without
[demanding] oath or penance, and that the altars destroyed by
the archbishop and afterwards repaired by the abbot should
be again destroyed by the abbot and then rebuilt by him ; and
that the bishop of Evreux shall bring or cause to be brought
holy water for reconciling the said church ; and that no monk
shall be appointed there without swearing before the archbishop
or, if he is absent, his official, that he will not knowingly
receive or communicate, in his church, those excommunicated
by the archbishop, and that he will not infringe, but uphold,
the archbishop's sentences. All this is done saving the rights
of both churches.
Testibus : episcopo Dunelmensi ; Roberto filio Willelmi, archi-
diacono de Notingeham ; Wilellmo, clerico de camera ; comite
Willelmo de Mannevilla ; Willelmo filio Radulfi senescallo
Normannie ; Seero de Quinci ; Hugone de Creissi. Apud
Rothomagum.
[? 1188.] 44. Writ of Henry II. addressed to the mayor and commune
(Cartulary, fo. 11 Id. (commtt'ftm) of Rouen. They are to allow Walter de Sancto
Trans. 72.) Walerico to raise a reasonable building on the land he holds in
mortgage from the sons of Gerold Malus Clericus, saving their
rights and those of Bernard de Sancto Walerico. And unless
they do, his justice of Normandy will make them do so, that he
may hear no more complaints of i^.
Teste Willelmo filio Ald[elini]. Apud Fekeham,
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CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, ROUEN.
[1189.] 9 Oct. 45. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He has
(Cartulary, fo. 108. taken Under his protection Walter de Sancto Walerico, arch-
deacon of Rouen, as his demesne and household clerk,
wherefore Walter and all his substance and possessions,
ecclesiastical and lay, in holdings, purchases, mortgages, and all
else, are to be protected as of his own demesne. If Walter
is wronged, full justice is to be done him promptly, and he is
not to be impleaded for any of his possesions, except before the
king himself.
Teste : Willelmo de Longocampo Elyensi eleeto, cancellario
nostro. Apud Westmonasterium, ix die Octobris.
[1189.]
(Cartulary,
fos. 58, 96, 103.
Trans. 178.)
46. Charter of John, count of Mortain. At the request of his
brother king Richard and of his mother queen Alienor, he
gives and grants to St. Mary of Rouen and to archbishop
Walter and his successors the chapelry of Blythe (Blia), with all
its appurtenances, for the archbishop to order it as two prebends,
each of 10 pounds sterling, to be conferred on two priests who
shnll minister in the church of Rouen and shall receive their
income through the archbishops. He shall also appoint to the
[cathedral body in] common 20 pounds sterling thence, a year ;
and 10 pounds to the canons who shall be present at the
annual obit of his brother ; and 10 pounds to the poor clerks of
the choir and the other poor of the city of Rouen at his
discretion; and should there be a balance over from the
render of the chapelry, the archbishop and his successors shall
convert it to their own uses.
Testibus : Balduino Oantuarensi archipiscopo ; H[uberto]
Saresbiriensi, G[ilberto] Roffensi, J[ohanne] Ebroicensi epis-
copis ; Willelmo Elyensi eleeto ; Philippo de Wigorn[ia]. Apud
Londoniam.
1189, 12 Nov. 47. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He grants
(Original in archives, to the church of Rouen and to archbishop Walter and his
^' ^"cartS^ry" ^*^' Successors the gift of the chapelry {capellania) of Blythe (Blia),
fos. 5Sd, 101.) which his dear brother John count of Mortain, at his entreaty and
the petition of his dear mother A[Iienor] queen of the English
(Anglor') and of the above archbishop, has made them for the
weal of his soul and those of his father and mother and his
brother king Henry the younger.
Testibus : Baldewpno] Oantuarensi archiepiscopo ; G[ilberto]
Roffensi, J[ohanne] Ebroicensi, H[uberto] Sarisbiriensi episcopis ;
Willelmo Marescallo ; Willelmo de Sancto Johanne ; Philippo
de Wigor[nia]. Datum apud Westmonasterium, per manum
Willelmi cancellarii nostri Elyensis clerici' xii° die Novembris,
regni nostri anno primo.
[1189.] 48. Charter of Geoffrey [archbishop] elect of York. He
(Original in archives, confirms the gift of his dear brother John, count of Mortain,
c rtu?art°fo' 1U ^^ ^^^ chapelry of Blythe (Blya), according to his charter and
\rans: 314.) that of king Richard.
' .S(c in Transcript, hut " elect! " in original, rightly.
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, ROUEN. IB
[1189.]
Testibus : magistro Simone de Apulia cancellaiio Ebora[censi^];
G[auf rid]o de Muscamp archidiacono de Clivelande ; magistro
Eoberto de Buketorp ; magistro Willelmo Normanno ; Radulfo
capellano ; Petro filio Eadulfi.
1190. 49. Letter of pope Clement III. addressed to the archbishop,
3 June. dean and chapter of Rouen. He confirms to them the chapelry
(Cartulary, fo. 59d. of Ely the (BUo) as granted to them by the charters of Richard
rans. 4.) ^j^^^ illustrious king of the English, and of his dear sons [Geoffrey
archbishop] elect of York and John, count of Mortain.
Datum Laterannis (sic) iii. nonas Junii, pontificatus nostri
anno tercio.^
[1189.] 50. Charter of John of Anagni, cardinal priest of St. Mark.
(Original in archives. As discharging the office of legate ( legaiionis qfficium,) he
Cartulary, foe. 58 97. Confirms the gift by John, count of Mortain, — by the wish and
Trans. 310.)' a.ssent of Geoffrey [archbishop] elect of York, and by tlie
entreaty and wish of his brother king Richard, &c. — to Walter
archbishop of Rouen and his successors of the chapelry of Blythe
{Blia), as expressed in the charters of the said Richard, John,
and Geoffi-ey, which he has duly inspected.
[1189-1199.] 51. Notification by Walter archbishop of Rouen, tliat he has
(.Originaiin archives, given four of his canons, Nicholas, Peter, master Eustace, and
Cartuiarj', fo. 77. Robert de Sancto Nicholao, his chapelry of Blythe (5iia), to
Trans. 319.) be held of himself, paying annually 15 marcs to the chapter of
Rouen, and GO to themselves and the whole residue arising
[from it], shall be given to the clerks of the choir, the poor and
the sick in the city of Rouen, according to his will and disposal.
The proctor of the said canons is to pay thetu half the 60 marcs
at All Saints and the other half, with the 15 marcs to the
chapter, at Ascensiontide.
Hiis testibus : Symone magistro cancellario ; magistro Garino
archidiacono ; masistro Johanne Saijiensi ; ma«[istro Johanne de
Vilariis, Roberto de Sancto Ermelando, Nicholao de Malapalude,
Roberto Osmundi, Ricardo de Malapalude, Willelmo de Bruariis,
canonicis Rothomagi ; magistro Radulfo de Constantiis ; magistro
Johanne Britone, et aliis pluribus.
[1189-1199:1 52. Charter of Walter archbishop of Rouen. At the wish
(Cartulary, fo. Tod. and with the assent of his illustrious lords Richard king of the
— ) English and John count of Moriain his brother, by whom the
church of Rouen has been endowed with the rents of the chapelry
of Blythe {Blia), he appoints, with the approval of his chapter,
that the four priests who by himself or his successors shall be
assigned their shares in those rents, to celebrate mass for the
dead in Rouen cathedral, shall have a stall among the canons,
&c. The vested right? of Nicholas, his chaplain, and Peter,
chaplain to queen Alienor, are reserved.
■ Ehoracuin " in Transcript, ' No< in Ja^e-
14
CATHEDBAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, ROUEN.
1189, 12 Nov.
( Vidimus in
arfchives of Eouen.
Trans. 148.)
53. Charter of Eicliaid I. addressed generally. He grants
to St. Mary of Eouen and archbishop Walter and his successors
the whole manor of Bentworth {Winthevord) with all its
privileges as when held by king Henry, his great-grandfather,
in his demesne. He further grants them the forfeiture and
jurisdiction of their own tenants.
Test[ibus] : H[ugone] Dunelmensi episcopo, et J[ohanne]
Ebroicensi^, et G[odefrido] Wintoniensi, episcopis. Datum per
manum Willelmi de Longocampo cancellarii nostri et Eliensis
electi xii. die Novembris, apud Westmonasterium, anno primo
regni nostri.
1190, 2 Jan.
( Vidimus of
Henry V. in
archives.
Trans. 156.)
54. Charter of Eichard I. addressed to bis castellan and
bailiffs of 'Drincurt. They are to protect, maintain, and advance
everything belonging to the church of Eouen, as of his own
demesne, and especially its pasture at Londinieres (Loudeniis),
adjudged to it at Rouen in his court. They are not to allow
anyone to wrong it, for it is under his protection. Should anyone
transgress, amend is to be made Without delay.
Test[ibus] : Eadiilfo episuopo Andegavensi ; Willelmo filio
Radulfi senescallo Normannie; Willelmo de Humeto con-
stabulario Norn)annie ; Eadulfo [vicecomite''^] de Bellomonte.
Apud Vemolium. Datum per manum Johannis de Alencon
Lexoviensis archidiaconi, secunda die de Januario, regni nostri
anno primo.
1190, 1 March. 55. Charter of Eichard I. addressed generally. He confirms
(Original in posses- to the archbishop and church of Eouen and all the bishops and
sion of M. DeviUe.' j^Q^j^er churches of Normandy, concerning those who break the
treve de Bieu (tlien follow the same provisions as those of
Henry I. [see under Evreux, Trans. 22].
Testibus : B[artholomeo] archiepiscopo Turonensi ; E[adulfo]
episcopo Andegavensi ; Willelmo de Hummez constabulario ;
Eoberbo de Sabluil et pluribus aliis. Datum per manum
Johannis de Alencon, vicecancellarii nostri et Lexoviensis
archidiaconi, primo die Martii, apud Ohinohem, anno primo regni
nostri.
Trans. 159.)
1190, 2 March. 56. Charter of Eichard I. addressed generally. He confirms
{Inspeximus of 1275 to the church of Eouen, for the benefit of its canons in common,
in archives, G. 4053. ^^^ whole manor of Clere, to be held as his great-grandfather
*TraTi«.'i59.') king Henry I. held it in demesne (repeats charter of Henry II.
see No. 22).
Testibus : Pagano de Eochefordia senescallo Andegavie ;
Rogero de Pratellis, et Stephano de Longocampo senescallis
nostris ; Eoberto de Sablolio. Per manum Johannis de Alenzon
archidiaconi Lexoviensis vicecancellarii, apud Chinonem, ii.
die Martii, regni nostri anno primo.
' Trans. : " S. Eboracensi." ^ Trans. : " comite."
^ Partial facsimile. Now G. 4484 in archives of the Seine Inf^rieure.
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, ROUEN. 15
1190, 18 March. 57. Charter of Richard I. addressed to the archbishop of
(Ciirtuliiry, fo. no. Rouen and his lieges of Normandy. He confirms the sale by
Trans. 150.) Nicholas Malus Clericus to Walter de Sancto Walerico the arch-
deacon, of his .'^hare in all that messuage which belonged to
Girold Malus Clericus his father, of the fee of Bernard de Sancto
Walerico as the charter of the commune of Rouen and the
charter of the said Bernard witnesses ; also the mortgage for
20 marcs which Reginald de Sancto Walerico, father of the said
Walter, had on that messuage, which mortgage his executors
(divisores rerum) demised to Walter as the charters of Henry II.
and of the commune of Rouen witness, and 36 pounds of Anjou
which he expended in repairing the houses as set out in the
charter of the said commune. He also confirms to Walter all
his other expenses in repairing or restoring them before or after
the conflagrations at Rouen. Walter is to hold, saving the rights
of Bernard, lord of the fee, and his heirs, and is also to hold the
mortgage and what was not included in his purchase from
Nicholas till he has recouped himself his expenses in full. He
is not to be impleaded except before the king.
Testibus: Waltero. Rothomagensi, Balduino Cantuariensi,
archiepiscopis ; Henrico Baiocensi, Willelmo Constancienci,
Lisiardo Sagiensi, Eenaldo Bathoniensi, episeopis; Johanna
decano Rothomagensis ecelesie ; Amico thesaurario ; Ricardo,
Roberto arnhidiaconis ; magistro Huberto ; Ricardo Varro ;
Bernardo de Sancto Walerico et Bernardo suo filio, militibus, et
pluribus aliis. Datum per manum Johannis vicecancellarii,
anno primo regni nostri, apud Rothomagum, die octava decima
mensis Martii.
1190, 9 June. 58. Charter of Richard I. For the weal of his soul, and the
(Cartniary, fo. 118.) souls of his father and of his brother king Henry the younger,
buried in Rouen Cathedral, he gives [a rent] to the cathedral
church to be annually received, at the two terms in the
pr^vdU of Rouen, namely at Michaelmas and at Easter.
T[estibus] : Ricardo de Humeto constabulario meo ; Gaufrido
de Punz ; Philippo de Colombiers ; Stephano de Longo Campo
dapifero meo ; Stephano de Tomham ; Nicholao de Hotot.
Datum per manum Johannis de Alencun archidiaconi, vicecan-
cellarii nostri anno primo regni nostri ix. die Junii, apud
Burdelgalis {sic).
[1190] 6 Dec. 59. Charter of Richard I. addressed, to the seneschal of
(Original in archives. Normandy and others. His venerable father Walter archbishop
Cartuiary °^ Eouen is to enjoy all his rights, dignities, and possessions, as
fos. 102 and 1026.) freely as they were enjoyed by nny of his predecessors or by
himself before he set out with the king. His rights and those
of his church are to suffer no diminution through the action
taken by R. Mansellus [abbot] elect of Jumifeges (Gemetico)
saving always the king's rights and his..
Teste, fratre Garnero de Neapoli magistro Hospitalis.
Datum per manum Rogeri Malicatuli, apud Messanam, vi. die
Decembris.
1^> CATHEDRAL CHURCH 01^ ST. MARY, EOUEJST.
[1190-1191.J 60. Notification by J[ohn de Alen5on] archdeacon of Exeter,
(Ca^ulary, fo. 64d. fchat, On being satisfied that Peter the clerk of Oteri had,
■^ abjured the office of vicar {vicariam) which he held in the
church of St. Mary of Oteri, in the presence of William bishop
of Ely, chancellor of the king, and legate of all England, and
had resigned it into the hands of the said William, he has
received, instituted, and canonically invested Roger the
chaplain, on the prayer and presentation of the chapter of St.
Mai-y's Rouen as perpetual vicar of the church of Oteri, in
Peter's place.
Hiis testibus : magistro W[ J de Axem[uda] tunc vice
archidiacono^ ; Bartholomeo de Kar[en]nt[ona] clerico ; Roberto
le beden' et Reg[inaldo] fratribus ; Petro de Fonte, et multis aliis.
[1191-1193.] 61. Charter of John count of Mortain, addressed generally.
COriginal, sealed, For the Weal of his soul and for the souls of his father king
Deviiie.2Trans°i8o.)l^®'^'''y ^^^ ^^'^ brother king Henry the younger, who is buried
, See also Cartulary, in the church of RoucD, and of all his ancestors, at the petition
fos. 70,99. j^igQ of hi^ mother Alienor queen of the English, he gives to the
blessed Mary of Rouen and the worshipful archbishop Walter
and all his successors and the canons of that church, in
frank almoin for ever, the chapelry of Blythe (Blya) with all its
appurtenances, namely the church of Harewrthe with the chapels
of Serleby and of Marthon' ; the church of Wathelay ; the church
of Westmarcha with the chapels of Kirketon', Walesby, Hoctou',
Beu'cate, Draiton', Gameleston, and Eggemonton ; the church of
Estmarcha' ; the church of Brigeford ; the church of Luddehani,
with all its appurtenances, namely the chapel of Gunnetorp, the
church of Gunnolveston' ; the land of FalJa which John son of
Osulf held ; one bovate of land in Uunington', which Levenoth
held, lands in Fribert' which Walter and Robert 'de Filbert and
William the chaplain held ; in Ternesco four bovates of land which
Adam son of Roskill held ; in Wellun a meadow which Adam de
Wellun held ; two (out of three of the tithe) sheaves of the
demesnes of Tikehill, and Wade Wrthe, and Tinelawe, and
Lameleya, half the tithe on the demesne of Mameham; in
Lindrit two bovates of land ; in Marchiam one bovate which
Roger son of William and Henry the priest held, in Tikhill a
toft which William son-in-law (gener) of Leffy held ; in the
same vill a toft which William the cobbler (sutor) held, one
which William the canon held, one which Aelicia de Westgate
held [and] a bovate which Robert son of Siward and Robert de
Estfeld held. All this the count and his heirs will warrant to
them for ever.
Hiis testibus : Stephano Ridell' cancellario meo ; Hugone de
Rading', Willelmo Sancti Nicholai Andegavensis, et [H],* de
Croilaud abbatibus; comite Rogerio Bigot; comite Ricardo
' " Archidiacono " erroneously in Trans.
2 Thete are two originals of this charter in the archives of Rouen, of which
G. 4037 has lost its seal, while G. 4885, formerly, it would seem, that of M.
Deville, retains the fine seal and counter-seal of count John, The readings of
G. 4037 are distinguished as A.
' A. (Henry de Longchamp.)
CATHEDEAL CHURCH OP ST. MARY, ROUEN. IT
[1191-1193.]
de Clara ; comite Willelmo de Kummara^ ; Galfrido filio Petri
comite Essexie^ ; Hugone Bardulf ; Villelmo Briwerre^ ; magistro
Benedicto sigillario meo ; Albrico de Ver^ ; Roberto filio
Eogerii ; Rogerio filio Remfridi ; Eobertus de Wittef[eld]^ ;
Othone filio^ Willelmi ; Waltero de DunstanvilW ; Gilberto
Basset ; Hamone de Valoniis ; Theobaldo Gualterii^ ; magistro
Thoma de Husseburne ; H^ugone Peverell[o] ; Willelmo filio
Ricardi ; Henrico de Wicheton' ; Willelmo de Bruer[ia] ; Alano
clerico.
[1191-1199.] 62. Charter of Geoffrey archbishop of York and primate of
(Cartulary, fo. 59. England. He has inspected the charter of his dearest brother
Trans. 313.) John, count of Mortain, giving to Walter archbishop of Rouen
and his successors and his church the chapelry of Blythc (Blin),
saving episcopal rights, and the charter of his dearest lord and
brother, Richard the illustrious king of the English confirming
it. He himself confirms the gift.
Testibus : Stephano Baiocensi decano ; magistro Gregorio
Exoniensi canonico ; magistro Honorio ; magistro Henrico de
Wigomia ; magistro Radulfo de Hantona ; magistro Ricai'do
Normanno; Nigello de Riponte; Rogero de Barneviila ;
Willelmo de Bruier'^ ; Gisleberto filio Reifridi.^
[1191.] 24 April. 63. Notification by W^illiam bishop of Elj^ legate, and
(Cartulary, fo..64. chancellor, that the dispute between the canons of the church of
Trans. 33 .) Rouen and William the priest " de petri"* concerning the chapel
of Roveruge^ has been settled before him by this arrangement
{finis). The said chaplain has admitted (recognovit) in his
presence that the said chapel ought to belong to the church of
Rouen, while the canons, moved by divine love, have granted
the chapel to that chaplain for the annual pension of one bezant
at the Assumption. And the chaplain has promised, giving his
corporal oath, to pay this pension faithfully and to render
canonical obedience for the chapel to the church of Rouen.
Hiis testibus : Ricardo Eliensi, Johanne Lexoviensi, archi-
diaconis ; magistro Eustachio ; magistro Petro de Meslnil ;
Gisleberto magistro de Huchemaig; Johanne de Templo, Datum
Canteburge, octavo kalend. Maii.
[1194.] 29 Jan. 64. Letters patent of Richard T. If the citizens of Rouen
(CMtulary, fo. 68. swear that they will obey the mandate of the church and ai-e
^ns. U2T sir [accordingly] absolved from the sentence [of excommunication]
ChSniel's Com- imposed On them on account of the chui'ch of Rouen, he con-
mune de Bouen I., stitutes himself by oath, surety (fidejv^sores) that the said
"" *'^ citizens shall fulfil whatever the church shall enjoin on them at
th,e term agreed on between the authorities (personas) of the
church of Rouen and themselves.
Teste meipso apud Wormaciam xxxix. die Jamiarii.
■ A. ' Bectius : " Willelmo Briuere." ' Kectius : " Eeinfridi."
■* " Peori " in Cartulary. * Compare Domesday, I., 104.
* Taken from the imperfect charter. Cheruel gives correct text from the
Cartulaiy.
e 92684. -I- B
18 CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, ROUEN.
1194, 9 Nov. 65, Letters patent of Richard I. An agreement (compositio)
(Cartulary, fo. 67d. has been made between Walter archbishop of Eouen and his
<J."^'54 lYanT 166^^ canons and the citizens of Rouen ; the wall and shops of the
precinct (atrintn) shall be rebuilt by the citizens before Christmas
as they were whfn the strife broke out between the canons and
the citizens, to the satisfaction of his seneschal or his bailiffs ;
and shall be completed as they were at the time they were
pulled down, by himself and his seneschal or his bailiffs ; and if
they cannot be conveniently rebuilt before Christmas, they shall
be completed after Christmas in good faith. As to the injuries
wrought to the canons by the citizens within the first four
months after the conclusion of peace between the king of the
French and himself, he will give full satisfaction to the canons,
as he should. For the accomplishment of these things he con-
stitutes himself surety (fideijussores) and Walter archbishop of
Ro.uen (also) at his [the kings] request.
Datum per maiium Eustachii decani Saresbiriensis tunc
agentis vicem cancellarii nostri, apud Argentonum ix. die
Novembris anno vi. regni nostri.
[? 1195.] 66. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He confirms
<Cartularj, fo. 108. to his beloved and faithful Walter de Sancto Walerico arch-
Traas. 163.) ^eacon of Rouen his purchase from Nicholas, Walter, and
Godfrey, sons and heirs of Ceroid Malus Clericus of all the
messuage {viasagiutn) near the precinct (atriunn) of St. Mary,
the mother church of Rouen, of the fes of Thomas de Sancto
Waleiico, which belonged to G[eroId] their father, as is recited
in the charter of the commune of Rcuen.
Teste Willelmo Elyensi episcopo cancellario nostro xv. die
Januarii apud Rothomagum. Datum per manum ejusdem, regni
nostri anno quinto (sic).
1195. 67. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He grants
(Original in the church of St. Mary of Rouen for his anniversary, and to
Cartullr3'ffo^ T^i. repair the losses and injuries inflicted on the archbishop and it
Trans. 165.' (See also by Philip king of France during the war between them,
Yol. 133. Trans. 286, 300 muicls (modios) of wine to be taken annually from his wine
'^c°^y in are hivef ^^^ (modiatione), in whole casks as, and of such wine as he is
Nationaies.) wont to receive, the archbishop to have a hundred muids for
his own use and the canons the other two hundred. And if
the wine he receives is not sufficient to supply three hundred
7nuid,s, the archbishop and canons shall have from his revenue
at Rouen twenty shillings of Anjou for every muid short.
Testibus: Warino Ebroicensi, H[enrico] Xantoniensi, epis-
copis; A[nthonio] decano l.'uronensi ; magistro Ph[ilippo]
Gantuarensi archidiacono ; magistro E[ustachio] Saresberiensi'^
decano; Willelmo filio Radulfi tunc senescallo Normannie ;
Willelmo Marescallo ; Willelmo de Humeto constabulario
Normannie ; Willelmo de Stagno, et pluribus aliis. Data per
manum Willelmi Elyensis episcopi cancellarii nostri, apud
Rothomagum, anno sexto regni nostri.
1 " Sagiensi " wrongly in Deville's tianscript ; '■ Sar " rightly in Paris transcript
and Eouen cartulary. "^
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OP ST. MARY, ROUEN. 19
1202, 68. Confirmation by pope Innocent [III.], addressed to
29 April (?). Walter archbishop of Rouen and the chapter, of the gift of
(Original in vvine to the church of Rouen by Richard king of the English,
archives, G. 3714. i? * & '
Cartulaily, fo. 75.) of famous memory.
Datum Laterani ii. (sic) kal. Mali pontificatus nostri anno
quinto.
1200, 7 June. 69. Charter of John concerning the exchange given the
(<^^|;>s1?al in archbishop of Rouen for Andeli. [Printed in Rotuli Chartarimi
Trans. Ysl) P* ^^^' ^^^ with Only three ■witnesses.]
Testibus : Rannulfo comite Cestrie ; Willelmo Mariscallo,
comite Pembrok ; comite Roberto Sagiensi ; Willelmo de
Humet, constabulario Normannie ; Rogero de Toeni ; Rogero
de Harecurt ; Johanne de Pratellis, et Petro fratreejus ; Roberto
de Tumham.
1207, 11 Nov. 70. Charter of Walter archbishop of Rouen notifying that
(Cartulary, fo. 122.) -when he was acting for the king {vices regias agerem) in
England, the treasure of liis churcb was delivered to his
envoys by his command and diminished by 300 marcs, which
money was distributed to the paid knights and Serjeants of
king Richard. As these 300 marcs were paid him in full at
the London exchequer and applied to his own use, he remains
bound to restore that money. Wishing to provide for the weal
of his soul and the indemnification of his church, he gives it all
his books and all his gold, in whatever form, and his precious
stxjnes, set or unset, also his silver vessels, for making crosses
and other ornaments for the great altar, and, further, all the
ornaments, books, and other furniture of his chapel, almost all
taken from the treasure of his church. And even though all
this should fall short of the sum of money he had taken away,
yet his dear canons, moved by their unvarying devotion to him,
have fully forgiven him the balance, etc.
Datum Rothomagi per manum magistri Johannis Britonis
clerici nostri, anno incarnationis dothinice m^cC septinao, iij° Id.
Novembris.
B 2
20
ABBEY OF THE HOLY TRINITY
(MONT STE. CATHERINE), ROUEN,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS.
[ Cartulary in Archives of the Seine Jnferieure}]
[Circ. 1055.]
(Cartulary,
No. xxTii. See
Cartulaire de St.
Bertin, p. 435.
Trans. 360 (I.).)
1059.
(Cartulary,
No. xxix.
Trans. 360 (B.).
See ut supra, p. 43G.)
1066.
(Cartulary.
See ut supra, p. 442.)
71. Notification by the bretbren of Holy Trinity Abbey that
they have purchased the site of the abbey and other lands from
Rodulf of Warenne (TFareiA-ne) and a hundred nci-es of wood
from Eoger son of the bishop [of Coutances] who shared [with
Rodulf] the inheritance. "William duke of the Normans and
Mauger, archbishop of Rouen confirm the purchase.
[Signa] Willelmi comitis ; archipresulis Malgerii; ejusdem
Rodulfi de Guarethna ; Beatricis uxoris ejus ; Rogerii filii
episcopi : Hubert! filii Turoldi ; Willelmi ; Hugonis ; fiepponis ;
Rotberti; Warnerii forestarii ; Ereliemboldi ; Gunfridi ; Snelli ;
Willelmi filii Rogerii, heredis scilicet ijjsius, qui ut omni paterne
convent ioni annueret, et partem suatn condonaret, xiiii. libras
et X. solid OS a nobis accepit; Hugonis frafcris ejus ; Eodulfi de
Cruizmara ; Turoldi filii Osberni de Freschenes ; Gulberti filii
Rodulfi de Cruizmara ; Hugonis de Flamenvilla.
Ex nostra parte : [Signa] Ricardi sonescal ; Bernardi coci ;
Ansfredi coci ; Ascelioi propositi ; Radulfi filii Benzelli.
72. Notification, that Rodulf de Warenua with Emma his
wife has sold to abbot Rainer and his monks, for 30 pounds,
the churches of Omonville (Amundi Villa) Anglesqueville,
(Anglicevilla), Flamenvilla, and Mautheville (Maltevilla), with
six " acres " of land appurtenaut to each. This is sanctioned
and confirmed by William count (consul) of Normandy.
[Signa] ejusdem Willelmi comitis ; Eodulfi de Warenna ;
Emme uxoris ejus ; Hugonis de Flamenvilla, Ex nostra parte :
[Signa] Bernardi coci ; Ricardi senescal ; Osberni Bruncosted ;
Ansfredi coci ; Heddonis de Chanaan. Acta sunt hec. . . .
MLVIIII.
73. Notification that, in 1066, when William duke of the
Normans was about to cross the sea with his fleet, a certain
eminent man, Roger de Montgomeri Viy name, released (perdo-
oiavit) his claim to GiverviUe (Givardi villa) to abbot Rainer
and the monks in Iho presence of the said duke, so that
neither he nor his heirs might ever thenceforth raise the claim,
and that Holy Trinity and its monks might inherit it for ever.
William prince of the Normans confirms this.
[Signa] ipsius (Willelmi); Rogerii de Monte Gomeri;
Willelmi filii Osberni; Giraldi senescalli; Rodulfi camerarii;
Hugonis pincerne. Testes : Ricardus senescal ; Bemardus
cocus ; Ansfridus filius Athle.
' Edited by M. Deville in Appendix to Cartulaire de St. Bertin (Documents
inedits) pp. 403-487.
ABBEY OF THE HOLY TRINITY, ROUEN. 21
[Circ. 1066.] 74. [Notitication that] Roger son of Turold, when about to
CCartalary, gross the sea with count William, gave the monks of the Holy
Trans. 6. Trinity three yokes (jugeres) of land in Sothevilla ; but as he
See «(»Mpro,p.453,) could not confirm this, being overtaken by death on that
voyage, his knight William Trenchefoii made that gift in his
stead, with the approval of William, king of the English.
[Signa] Willelmi Regis ; Willelmi Trenchefoii ; Bernardi
forestarii. Testes Ricardus ; Osbernus ; Rogerius Ponc[on].
1068. 75. [Notification that] in the year 1068, William the earl
(Cartulary. [of Hereford] son of Osbern dapifer having gone beyond sea^
Seeuts^upra p. ^i.) "^^^^ ^is lord king William, and being detained there by some
illness, gave to Holy Trinity, for his soul's sake, the dues of all
the wood called Longboel (Longum Bothel), that the monks
might have for ever from that wood, all they needed for firing
or building, pannage for their swine, and all else they require.
The earl's son Willifim, coming to the abbey afterwards, gladly
confirmed his father's gift.
[Signa] Willelmi comitis, filii Osberni ; Willelmi filii ejus ;
WiUelmi Alis ; Gozelini filii Ivonis ; Durandi forestarii.
1068. 76. [Notification that] in the year 1068 (sic) Maurice, son
(Cartulary. of Corbuzzo the count's chamberlain, in great want, and unable
Seeuisupra,v. 459.) *° redeem the land of Gruceth which he had for the most part
pledged to abbot Rayner and the monks, besought them that
they would leave him some of it, and keep the rest as their
inheritance. The abbot and the elder [monks] approving, he
gave Holy Trinity, at its altar, [to hold] allodially, all the land
of Gruceth with certain exceptions [specified], undertaking not
to demise or sell what was left to him to anyone but the
monks.
[Signum] Mauricii.
1069. 77. [Notification that] duke William, becoming king of the
(Cartulary, English, gave, when he was in the royal vill of Gueritho,^<o
Trans^T *^^ abbey of the Holy Trinity the land which in English is
See a< «uj.r«, p. 4.55.) Called Hermodesodes, with the church and all its appur-
tenances, at the suggestion and advice of William son of
Osbern, dapifer, who was count palatine (covies palatii), in the
presence of abbot Rayner and the monks Nicholas and Robert.
This gift was made by a knife which the king playfully gave
the abbot as if about to stab his hand. Thus, said he, should
land be given. By this testimony and by that of many nobles
who were with the king was this gift made in the year
MLXVIIII.
[Signa] Willelmi Regis ; M.athildis Regine ; Willelmi filii
Osberni ; Willelmi episcopi Londonie ; Goiffredi episcopi Con-
stancie; Rotberti filii Guimar; Ricardi filii Torsteini Goiz;
Erfast[i] tunc capellani, postea episcopi ; Hugonis de Sillevilla.
Words omitted in transcript. ' ? Guentho[ma].
22 ABBEY OF THE HOLY TRINITY, ROUEN.
1080. 78. [Memorandum that] at the dedication of the abbey of
Easter. Holy Trinity by Robert archbishop of Rouen and other
(Cartulary, prelates [1030] in the presence of Robert cdunt of Normandy
Tramps!'' ^^^ ^^^ nobles, Gozelin vicomte of Arques, with his wife and
See«tswp7n,p. 462.) sons, gave the abbey, among his other possessions the isle ot
Oscellus otherwise Turhiilmus; which island Isemberb and
Rainer, the first two abbots, had held without challenge.
Under their successor Walter, Gilbert bishop of Evreux made a
claim to this island, which none of liis predecessors bad made,
[and] which reached the king's palace (regia aula). It was
deemed unfitting by king William to listen to any claim to
land which the abbey had possessed so long, namely fifty years,
by his father's gift ; yet, from respect for the bishop, he gave
[permission for] a suit and appointed it to be in his court. In
the year 1080, therefore, at the festival of Easter, king William
and queen Maud and their sons Robert and William being
present, this suit {placituTn) was held, at the king's command,
by churchmen and laymen of high degree, who were then
assembled at the king's court (curia regis) for the festival,
namely: William archbishop of Rouen, Richard archbishop of
Bourges, Warmund archbishop of Vienne, Geoffrey bishop of
Coutances, Gilbert bishop of Lisienx, Robert the count, brother
of the king, R.obert count of Eu, Guy count of Ponthieu, Roger
, of Beaumont and his sons Robert and tlenry, Roger of
Montgomeri, Walter Gifard, William of Arques, the heir, that is
of his grandfather Gozelin, who had given the island to the
abbey, and all the greater nobless of the king's court (nobiliores
curie regis). The above William, at this suit, to satisfy the
bishop and remove all [cause of] dissension, bore witness to his
grandfather's gift, and proffered oath that when Gozelin had
given that land to the abbey, he held it freely and absolutely
in his own power. On the bishop refusing to accept the oath,
it was decreed and decided by all the above-named judges, and
confirmed by the king's command and authority that abbot
Walter and the monks of the abbey should thenceforth hold the
aforesaid island freely and absolutely for all time.
[Signa] : iWillelmi regis; Mathildis regine; Robert! ,
Willelmi, filiorum ; Willelmi archiepiscopi ; Warmundi archie-
piscopi ; Rotberti fratris regis ; Widonis comitis Pontivensis.
1080. 79. Charter of Ingelram son of Hilbert. By permission of
(Cartulary, . William king of the English and queen- Maud and their sons
""^rranrT!" Robert and William, lie gives to Holy Trinity abbey for the
Sx:eutsnpra,-p. 466.) redemption of the souls of the king, tlje queen, and their sons,
himself and his predecessors land for a grange and two-thirds of
the tithes at Bois I'fiveque (villa Bosci qui vacatur episcopi), for
the perpetual right of admission of one cVrk to the nionasterj-.
[Signa] Willelmi regis ; Mathildis regine ; Rotberti filii
Regis ; Ingelrauni ciijus (est) donatio ; Rotberti comitis de
Moretuil ; Vitalis abbatis ; Rainaldi clerici ; Rotberti filii
Giraldi.
ABBEY or THE HOLY TRINITY, ROUEN. 23
[N. D.] 80. [Notification that] Oger de Panillosa villa hag given
(Cartulary, No. xv. to Holy Trinity a vineyard of his inheritance in Longueville
^*''"'*"^'''''P-^^°-^(ZoTCsramZia), for admission into the fellowship of the abbey,
and for the soul's weal, and the annual commemoration, on St.
Audoen's day, of his brother Gerelm lately deceased in England.
[Signa] ipsius Ogeri ; Willelmi macecrarii ; Osmundi filii
ejus ; Osmundi bestie ; Ricardi senescal.
[Circ. 1067.] 81. Notification that the moiety of Holy IVinity chapel, with
(Cartulary, fhe land belonging to it, has been wholly redeemed by payment
Trans^B °^ ^^■'^ pounds to Erchembald son of Erchembald the vicomte,
See ut supra, p. 446.) when setting forth oversea, and of twelve to Hugh pincerna, of
Ivry to whom Erchembald had mortgaged it — with the assent of
William king of the English and duke of the Normans and his
nobles.
[Signa] Willelmi regis ; Mathildis regine ; Willelmi filii
Osbemi ; Emme matris ejus ; Ansfredi filii Athle ; Bernardi
forestarii. Ex nostris : [signa] Ricardi senescal ; Bernardi coci ;
Turstini fiUi Wigrin.
[Circ. 1067.] 82. Notification that William de Vernon {yernonensis) his son
(Cartulary, No. xvi. Hugh and his wife Emma, receiving the fellowship of the abbey
See H<^[pmip^430.) ^^^^ ^'^^'^ ^^^X Trinity [freedom from] toll on all its property,
by water or by land, so far as concerns themselves or the castle
of Vernon. This agreement was made in the market place (ford)
of Vernon by abbot Rainer, before suitable witnesses, to whom
also, at their urgent request, be granted the fellowship of the
abbey. William king of the English and duke of the Normans
assents.
[Signa] Willelmi Regis Anglorum ; Willelmi Vernonensis ;
Emme uxoris ejus ; Odardi ; Normanni filii Ruil ; Anseredi
filii Gerelmi ; Walterii filii Ricardi ; Raberii lougi ; Letardi
thelonarii ; Gisleberti Taillant ; Heiberti macecrarii ; Willelmi
filii Gonfredi macecrarii ; Osmundi filii ejus ; Ricardi filii Herberti
gravatoris.
[Circ. 1060.] 83. [Notification that] Roger de Buslei sold to Rainer abbot
(Cartulary, (of Holy Trinity) and his monks the tithe of Buslei, so far as
Tr"' '499' he had hereditary right to it, for 72 pounds and one horse. And
See Ht supra, p. 444.) lest anyone should dispute the sale, William prince of the
Normans confirms it.
[Signa] Willelmi comitis ; Rogerii de Buslei ; Rotberti comitis
de Auco ; Hernaldi cujus erat pars decime ; Rodulfi de Cancel ;
Huelini de Drincourt ; Ricardi de Drincourt ; Turoldi fratris
ejus. Ex nostra parte testes : Rotbertus de Allavio; Ricardus
st'uescal ; Osmundus de Putangle ; Bemardus cocus.
[Notification that] Godard nephew of Ernnlf prdvot of Buslei
has delivered the tithe of all his land to the abbot and monks
[to be held] allodially receiving from them 50 shillings.
[Signa] Godardi ; Ernulfi prepositi, avunculi ejusdem Godardi.
Testes : Ricardus senescal :Bernardus cocus.
24; ABBEY OF THE HOLY TRINITY, ROUEN.
[N. D.] 84. [Notification that] one of the nobles, named Hugh Tale-
(Canu^ary.^No. ivi. both gave to Holy Trinity the tithe of Sanreith, and that Walo
See utsvpra, p. 451.) ^^ ^^ Roca, who afterwards possessed that land, gladly con6rmed
the gift. Their successor, Osbern de Ansevilla, admitted to the
fellowship of the abbey, has himself confirmed their gift.
[Signa] Hugonis Talebot ; Walonis de la Eoca ; Osbei-ni de
Ansevilla; Osberni de Hotot. Testes: Gulbertus de Ou ; Osbertus
de Albertivilla ; Heddo de Canaan ; Rodulfus filius Hermeri ;
Rodulfus de Pauliaco ; Osbernus filius Goiff'redi de Ou ;
Gozelinus de Alladio,
[Giro. 1060.] 85. Charter of Ansfroi (Ansfredus) sou of Osbern de Ou vi-
(Cartuiary of Holy comte, afterwards by God's grace a monk of Jerusalem {Hierosoli ■
"Trans. 501.''^ mitani). By consent of his lords Emma, wife of Osbern dapifer,
Seotttsajira, p. 447.) and her sons William and Osbern, he has given, in conjunction
with his wife Emma, whatever he could, of his inheritance, to
Holy Trinity, in which he has offered his only son, Geofirey, to
serve God. What he has given the monks, after the death of him-
self and his wife, by consent of William prince of the Normans,
is as follows : in the Roumois all bis rights in Valricher ( Vallis
Richer ii)a,nd in Si. J axiqaest (villa Sancti Jacohi) a.nd Caprevilla^
and at Salhus on the Seine ; and between Chivillei and Corolme
two measures (jugera) of meadow, and at Chivillei an acre
{agrum) of meadow,^ and in Ermentrudvilla two measures
of meadow, and in Rouen his own house, and in the suburb
of Rouen a vineyard, with a house and sundry fruit trees.
Anathema invoked on any violation of the gift.
[Signa] Willelmi comitis ; Willelmi ; Osberni ; Emme matris
eorum ; Ansfredi qui hanc donationem fecit ; Emme uxoris ejus ;
Bernardi forestarii ; Rainoldi de Salhus ; Petri parmentarii ;
Testes ex nostra parte : Ricardus de Drincurt ; Turoldus frater
ejus ; Ricardus senescal ; Osbernus Bruncosted ; Rogerius Poncon.
[N. D.] 86. Notification that Hugh, a monk of Holy Trinity, bought
(Cartulary of Holy 50 acres of land in the vill of Bodes, for 7 pounds and 16
Nos. ]xxvil ixxTii. shillings, f rom Oduif wife of Roger Malpasnage and her sons
Trans.' 380. Robert and Roger, and that abbot Isembert gave him 9 acres.
See ut supra, p. 459.) ^jgo that Emma, mother of Hilbert de Laci gave to [the
abbey of] St. Amand, when she became a nun there, 22 acres of
land in the same vill, at Montmain, (monte qui vacatur Mainart)
which the said monk similarly bought from Emma the abbess,
with consent of the nuns, for 3 pounds and 6 shillings,
Beatrice the nun, who then had charge of the vill, impleading
him for not working that land.
[Signa] Emma abbatisse ; Beatricis preposite ; omnium
sororum. Testes : Osmundus de Franchevilla ; Walterius ;
Ursus ; Johannes ; Drogo, et multi alii.
' Transcript imperfect here.
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ABBEY OF ST. AMAND, ROUEN,
FOR BENEDICTINE NUNS.
[Cartulary in Archives of the Seine Infdrieure.]
\_Ante 87. Chaiter of Geroud, knight of Christ, By consent of
Aug., 1067.] Robert his son and his heir, he has given — for the weal of his
(Cartulary, fo. 259.) goul and [that] of his wife Albereda who died May 21 (xii. leal.
Junii) — to the nuns of St. Aiiiand, Rouen the church of
Romara and all its tithe and five acres of land and five tenants
(hospites) in Gonnevilla, reserving no service. All this he gives
free and quit as he held it.
Inde sunt testes : Maurilius archiepiscopus Rothomagensis
Michael Ebroicensis episcopus ; Renerius abbas Sancte Trinitatis
Radulfus frater Geroudi ; Hugo broc ; Osbertus de Novoforo
Hugo filius Baudrici ; Rogerus de Monte goimerico ; Roberto
(sic) de camera, et alii.
[1067.]
(Cartulary, fo. 8.)
[N. D.]
(Cartulary, fo. 9.)
88. Charter of Gerold, knight of Christ. In the presence of
William king of the English, and with his approval, he grants
for the weal of his soul and [those] of his relatives, to the nuns
of St. Amand the church of Rolmara and all the tithe, except
the third part, which the priest who serves the church has. He
also gives 5 acres of land, and the tithe of mares and cows and
swine and sheep in the whole vill. Also four tenants (hospites)
in Gounovilla, with no service reserved. He further grants the
tithe of four mills, of which he owns two in Duin and two in
Barentin. Also the tithe of his toll at Arques (Archa^, and the
tithe of his market at Dun.
Hujus doni testes sunt : archiepiscopus Maurilius, atque
Rainerus abbas Sancte Trinitatis ; Fulbertus archidiaconus ;
Radulfus frater Geroldi, et plures alii.
All these gifts he has given as free and quit as he held them.
Testibus hiis : Michael (sic) episc[opus] Abrinc[atensis] ;
Roger[us] de Montegomero ; A]an[us] Ruffus ; Robert[us]
fili[us] Rogeri de Belmont, et plures alii.
For this the nuns gave Gerold 70 pounds in money
(den[ariorum]) and 20 shillings which Ralf de Montvilla had ;
and Helisend his wife [gave ?] an ounce of gold, and Hugh son
of Baldric 34 shillings.
Testibus hiis : Osberno de Novoforo ; Waltero sacerdote ;
Droco de Peissi. [Signa] Willelmi regis Anglorum ; Mathildis
regine ; Geroldi ; Roberti filii Roberti ' ejus (sic) ; Willelmi filii
ejus.
89. Cha,rter of Robert son of Ralf. He gives to St. Amand
his daughter Eremborc and, with her, the whole tithe of
Godetone (?), — that is of land, of beasts, of cheeses, and all things
' Probably in error for " Roberti filii eius."
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ABBEY OF ST. AMAND, EOUEN.
[N. D.]
tithed, — and of Werre and of Nordie ; and at Hastingues two
thousand herrings {harens).
Hiis testibus : Eicardo de Bretevilla ; Ricardo filio Walicherii,
et Rainberto cognato meo.
[Ante 1067.] 90. [Notification that]. -Humf rey de Buhun gave the tithe
(Cartulary, fo. 7.) of his own plough (ccirraca) and a garden to St. Amand for
himself and his three wives (iij. uxoribus suis).
Hujus rei testes sunt: Ricardus camerarius; Willfelmus
clericus et Robertas frater ejus de Belfou ; Restoldus presbiter
de Beueron. Signum Willelmi comitis et Norinannorum ducis.
1071.
(Cartulary, fo. Id.
Trans. 14.)
91. Charter of William I. dated in his fifth year. He grants
to the abbey of St. Amand, for all that the nuns held in Rouen,
as free customs as those enjoyed by St. Ouen. And he also
grants three bakers, quit of all service, with their multure
{7nolta) and that of all the citizens of St; Amand, and [their]
toll and profit (exitus).
Testes sunt: Hugo pincerna; Willelmus filius Osberni, et
Stigandus dapifer, et Radulfus de Montepincon ; ex parte
Sancti Amandi : Robertus de Botes, et Turstinus filius Wilgrini ;
Walcherus.
[Ante 1086.]
(Cartulary, fo. Sd.
Trans. 16.)
92. Charter of William I. granting to the abbey of St.
Amand a market at Sedan every Sunday.
Testes sunt : Mauricius canceilarius ; Ivo Tallebosc ; Eudo
dapifer ; Reipoldus frater abbatisse.
[Ante 1084.] 93. Charter of queen Maud (Mathildis). By consent of
(Cartulary, fo. Sd. king William she grants to the abbey of St. Amand a plough-
Trans. 18.) Yund, and three gardens at Maintru {Maintrud), of her
dower, with other lands.
Testes sunt : Hugo pincerna ; Radulfus de Montpincon ;
Seifredus; Tustinus.
[1086-7.]
(Cartulary, fo. 9.
Trans. 15.)
[N. D.]
(Cartuliiry.fo. 7.)
94. Charter of William I. confirming the gift by Maurice,
bishop of London, to the abbey of St. Amand of his tithes in
the forest of Aliermont (Halieronionte) and elsewhere.
Teste Willelmo fiJio Regis, etRotberto comite Moritoniensi, et
Eudone dapifero, et Rotberto dispensatore.
[Signa] Willelmi Anglorum regis; Willelmi filii regis;
J '^oberti/ comitis; Eudoiiis dapiferi.
95. [Notification that] Baldwin son of count Gilbert gave
St. Amand a moiety of the church of Modes and of the tithe
with the offerings belonging to the church, for his mother.
Hujus rei testes sunt hii ex sua parte: Ricai-dus frater ejus
et Robertus Trifeuuag. Ex parte Sancti Amaiidi : Hugo pincerna ;
Lambertus de Fo'.eval ; Tuistinus filius Wigrini.
ABBEY OF ST. AMAND, ROTJEN. 27
[1107-1118.] 98. Notification by Henry I. [as King of the English and
(Cartulary, fo 260d. Duke of the Normans] that for the souls of his father and
0 mother, and of his brother king William, he gives to the nuns
of St. Amand at Rouen ten Tnuids (modios) of wine a year
from his cellar. He does this for the weal of his soul and the
remission of his sins.
Signa- — Henrici regis ; Roberti comitis de Mellent ; Willelmi
PuerelH de Doura ; Walteri filii Ansg[eri]i ; Ranulfi Meschini ;
Ranulfi cancellarii.
lAnte 1120.] 97. [Notification] that Eudo dapifer gave St. Amand the
(Cartulary, fo. 9.) whole tithe of the forest of Tison, small and great [wood], and
the tithe of assarts and of cow-walks, and swine-walks, and
sheep-walks in all his honour of Prdaux (Pratellls).
Huic donationi interfiaerunt Rogerus Sancte Marie segres-
tarius, et Rogerus de Pireris, et Alvredus de Lincolia, et
Rogerus de Vilers nepos suus ; Willeloius filius Daneboudi ;
Radulfus filius Gilleberti ; Robertus de Doufret(?), et Willelmus
de Hauuilla, et Adam de Teuuilla.
1147. 98. Letter from Hugh archbishop of Rouen to his dear
(Cartulary, fo. 28.) daughter in Christ, abbess Emma and all the nuns of St. Amand,
confirming to them the church of Amandivilla with its tithes
&c. For Philip de Columberiis, lying under anathema, by the
pope's authority, for taking that church from them, came to
him [Hugh] when about to set out on crusade (iter Iherosolivii-
tanwm), and restored the church, and, penitent for his sins,
received absolution from him.
Actum est hoc Rothomagi, assistentibus archidiaconis et
personis ecclesie nostre, Rogero quoque archidiacono nostro
ecclesie Baiocensis, et Herberto cantore Baiocensi ; Philippo
quoque filio comitis Gloecestrie, et Engelramo et Ru.dent de
Say, et Willelmo de Similli, et multis aliis tarn militibus quam
burgensibus et probis viris. Anno .... mocoxlovii" sub
principe Gaufrido.
[1154-1164.] 99. Letter of Hugh "citizen and priest" [archbishop] of
(Cartulary, fo. 2id. Rouen to Henry II. The church of Amanvilla was given long
Trans. 318.) ^^^ ^^ ^^le nuns of St. Amand of Rouen. So long as Roger
bishop of Salisbury held it, he held it at ferm from their
convent. The writer remembers having much communication
with him on account of the trouble he gave them about it.
Now on behalf of [the nuns] his daughters, he begs the king's
highness, of his generosity, to direct that the said church with
all its appurtenances, and with tlie clerk's things, which have
been seized by him, shall be lestored, so that, by his protection,
the flock [of St. Amand] may rejoice in the integrity of their
possessions, and may be left in peace by Ids officers. He will
remember that Pope Eugenius, when he was at Rheims (1148),
heard the complaint of the nuns and ascertained that the bishop
had held the church at ferm only, and at length pronounced
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ABBEY OF ST. AMAND, ROUEN.
[1154-1164.]
sentence of anathema on anyone who should trouble them.
Philip de Columbariis, excommunicated by the writer for laying
hands on the endowment, at length confessed his sins, when
setting out for Jerusalem, gave up the church, and all he had
seized, for the use of the nuns, and so obtained absolution. It
behoves, therefore, the king's majesty to direct that the church
of Amanvilla, with all its appurtenances, should belong to the
monastery of St. Amand. May God long preserve his life and
health.
[1180-1183.]
(Cartulary, fo. 10.
Trans. 109.)
[1190.]
(Cartulary, fo. 9d.
Trans. 157.)
100. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and all his lieges of Normandy. The abbey of St. Amand
and all its possessions are under his protection, and are to be
guarded accordingly. If anyone wrongs the nuns or their
officers, prompt and full justice is to be done them. No one is
to implead the nuns except before himself.
Testibus : magistro Waltero de Constantiis ; Willelmo de
Humeto constabulario ; Rogero le Bigot. Apud Alenzun[em].
101. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He has
taken under his protection the abbey of St. Amand, its nuns,
and all its possessions ecclesiastical and lay. They are there-
fore to be guarded and maintained as his own. Should anyone
transgress, amend is to be made them without delay. No one
is to implead them for any holding except before himself or his
chief justice.
Testibus : Waltero archiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; Willelmo filio
Radulfi senescallo Normannie. xxii. die Marcii, apud Rotho-
magum.
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ABBEY OF ST. OUEN, ROU EN,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS.
[Origiinat docwments in Archives of the Seine Inf^rieure and
Deville's Collection. MS. lat. 5423, m Bihliotheque N'ationale.]
1198, 7 July.
( Inspeximus in
collection of
M. Deville.
Trans. 175.)
[1142-1157.] 102. Charter of Walter earl Gifard {comes Gifardi) giving
(MS. lat. 5423, the church of St. Ouen of Rouen [the right tol one hawk whicli
from original ) '^® received every year from that abbey (ecclesia) by custom.
This gift he makes at Longueville for the soul of William son
of Osbern, of Cailli, etc. . .
Ex mea parte hujus rei sunt testes : Ego Walterus comes ;
Robertus de Novilla dapifer raeus : Osbernus de Cailli ; duo
filii ejus, Rogerus et Osbernus ; Willelmus del Boscburde),
et alii plures. Ex parte ecclesie : ipse domnus abbas Fraternus ;
Rogerus prior de Longavilla, etc.
103. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He gives
to the abbot and monks of St. Ouen the vill of Poses in
exchange for their land at Limaya near Pont de I'Arche and
for lands near Rouen. He also grants them the tithe of all
his mills at Rouen, which he gave in exchange to the arch-
bishop of Rouen, as they held them before he gave them to
him.
Testibus : Willelmo filio Radulfi tunc senescallo Normannie ;
Willelmo de Humeto constabulario Normannie; Petro de
Pratellis ; Waltero (sic) de Ely ; Willelmo filio Ricardi ;
Nicholao de Berleya et pluribus aliis Data per manum Eliensis
episcopi cancellarii nostri xvii. die Julii, apud Rupem Andely
anno nono regni nostri.
1202. 104. Notification by William, bishop of London, that in the
(Original in archives year 1202, On the feast of St. Margaret (July 20) he received
Trans^sM ) ^^ ferm, from G[eoifrey] abbot of St. Ouen (Audoenus) and the
convent, for nine years, all their land in England, namely
Mersay, Fing[r]ingho, Peith, and Duninland[e], with the woods
and all its appurtenances on the terms that paying three
hundred and twenty marcs, within four months of receiving
the land, for the first four j-ears, he should pay no further
rent for that period. For the following years he is to pay
annually 100 marcs at Rouen, 50 at Christmas and 50 at
Midsummer, saving the [right of presentation to] the cliurches
belonging to that land, should a vacancj' occur within the
term, a,lthough the bishop is to receive their pensions. As to
the woods, he is not to sell, give, or take anything except what
is needed for the use or building, or repair of houses on the
land. If the land shall fall into the king's band, as being that
30 ABBEY OF ST. OU-EN, ROUEN.
[1202.]
of the abbey {occasione domus sue]j. or shall suffer from
hostilities (gruerra), they shall be bound to make good to the
bishop all the losses which he is proved by the testimony of 22
lawful men to have suffered. And if the bishop, within the
term specifier! [? should die] he will hand over
all tha|; land, saving the faith due to the abbey and its
indemnity, to master Ralf de Bisac[iis], or to whom he will,
for be has tendered his corporal oath, before Odo then prior of
St. Stephen's of Caen .that, in that case, he, oq his part, will
faithfully carry out the agreement. This also the bishop, on
his part, has promised, ia good faith, as they hare promised
to perform it, without evil device, by lawfijl persons, namely
Reginald their prior, Ralf de Ros their bailiff, Richard prior
of Sigi (Sigeium) and William Burnel, who have sworn it on
their souls (in aniTnas suas). The bishop has received, on the
said manors the following stock: sixteen oxen, worth five
shillings each, 22 beasts of burden (averos) and seven cow.s, of
the same value, five yearling calves and heifers, worth two
shillings each, six milch calves, worth sixpence each, thirty
pigs of a year and upwards {super annatos), worth twelvepence
each, ten porkers worth threepence each ; at Mersay a sheep-
walk (bercaria) of 140 sheep and 22 wethers, at Peith one of
120 sheep and 12 wethers, at Fing[r]ingeho a third, of 120
sheep and 12 wethers, also a fourth and a half there. And he
has received 166 acres sown with wheat (frumentum) and
106^ of rye (siligo) and 266^ of oats, and 11^ of baiiey and
7^ of beans and peas and 221 of summer fallow of which
51^ have been thrice-ploughed (rebinate). At the close of the
term, he is to hand over that stock as he received it, and to be
responsible for the same number of acres, sown, summer fallow,
and thi-ice-ploughed. Odo, prior of St. Stephen's, Caen, who
has made himself surety (fidejussor) for the faithful performance
of this agreement by the bishop and by the abbot and chapter
has appended his seal.
Hiis testibus : Samsone abbate Sancti Stephani Cadomi ;
Odone priore ejusdem loci; Willelmo Benjamin tunc ballivo;
Eogerp de Mundrevilla tunc cellario; Gregorio de Ros, Petro
de Bosco, monachis; Adam de Karpikeit; Alano Russello;
Roberto de Ros ; Willelmo de Camera ; I>roetto filio suo ; Luca
pincerna ; Gaufrido camerario et multis aliis.
[?1205.] 105. Notification by A[lard] dean of St. Paul's and the
(Original in archives chapter that they have inspected the terms of agreement
Tra^°370) between William bishop of London and the abbot and convent
of St. Ouen, worded as follows : —
Agreement corresponding with preceding one (No. 104) save
that the term is the bishop's life, and the annual render
80 marcs. The losses are to be assessed by twelve lawful
men of the diocese. If death overtakes the bishop (de nobis
hvrnianiter contigerit), the land is to pass into the hands of the
abbot and monks without question, with all the bishop's
improvements. If at his death, there is any deficiency in the
ABBEY OF ST. OUEN", ROUEN. 31
£? 1205.]
IS
stock or of anything required for cultivating the land, it
to be made good out of his other chattels. For the ' great
concerns of their lords {ad magna dominorum eorum negotia)
he has given the abbot and monks a hundred marcs of silver
together with the whole rent for the first four years, namely
320 marcs, including (compiUatis) 80 marcs previously paid
them. If he should die within those four years, the abbot and
monks are to pay the balance of the annual rent for the rest of
the term, to those to whom he shall bequeath (legaverimus) it.
For pledges that he will faithfully perform this agreement, he
has appointed Richard, archdeacon of Essex, Peter, treasurer of
St. Paul's, John de Canci-i, chancellor of [the diocese of] London
and masters Randulf de Bysaciis and Gilbert de PJeisssto canons
of London.
Hsec autem facta sunt anno verhi incarnati m°cc° quinto.
The dean and chapter ratify this agreement, and faithfully
promise that if the bishop's successor, which God forbid (quod
absit) should presume to impede its fulfilment, they will
neither assent, advise, nor help him therein, nor devise any
hindrance to the abbot and monks obtaining full and free
restitution.
Hiis testibus : A[lardo] decano ; Petro Blesensi archidiacono
Londonie ; Ricardo archidiacono Essexie ; Ricardo archidia-
cono Colcestrie; Benedicto precentore Londonie;. Roberto de
Cliflfordia ; Kogero capellano ; Ricardo juniore ; Braund ;
Henrico de civitate; Willelmo de Potema; Randulfo de
Bysaciis ; magistro [Gileberto] de Plaisseto ; Ricardo de Camera.^
1206, 30 May. 106. Charter of John confirming the agreement between the
<Originalm archives bishop of London and the abbot of St. Ouen. Printed in
T^^i9°'.) JRotuli Chartarum, p. 151&.
' 1 A deed calendared in 9th lieport Hist. MSS .Comm., App. I., p. 9a, is witnessed
by ten out of these fourtesu witnesses.
32
TOWN OF ROUEN.
[Municipal Archives of Bowen.']
Vidimus by the official of Eouen, in 1267, of tbe following :—
[? 1131.J 107. Charter of Henry I. addressed to his justices of
(See La Boque's Normandy, and the sheriff, barons, and burgesses of Souen.
MahJd'e" He grants to William Mauritus^ and Osbert son of Hubard and
JECarcom-tiu., li^.y their companions (sociis), the cordwainers and shoemakers
{coTvesariis) of Rouen, that they may have their gild for their-
mystery {de oninisterio^ suo) as well ar.d honourably and fully
as they ever had it, and that none shall exercise their mystery
(facial ministerium eorum) within the banlieu of Rouen except
by their permission (per eos*) nor shall any wrong be done
them, who held that gild in the time of his father and of his
brother and of himself afterwards.
Testibus : Roberto de Haya, efc Willelmo Maledocto.^ Apud
Arclias^ in transitu meo7
[1170-1177.] 108. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants^
(Archives : to his tanners of Rouen their guild (gildam), and their tan and
register v., fo. 255.) ^jj (mictum), and all the customs and rights of their guild,
freely, etc ; and (he grants) that no one shall work at their
craft (de officio eorum) except by their permission (per eos) for
the service which the tanners do him. Wherefore they are not
to be troubled, or disturbed, or impleaded concerning their craft
except before himself.
Teste Egidio Ebroicensi episcopo et Nicholao de Stotevilla.^
Apud Arquas.
Original in archives. Charter of Henry VI. 9 August 1445, inspecting and
confirming the following charters : — ■
[1150-1.] 109. Charter of Henry, duke of Normandy (sic) addressed
(Trans. 76.) to Hugh archbishop of Rouen and his lieges of Normandy. He
grants to the citizens of Rouen that they may hold as they held
in that year and day when king H[enry] was alive and dead.
None of them need answer any charge made by a thief, a
criminal, or a forger (falsator). None of them shall plead
against anyone on any matter outside Rouen, except before the
duke of Normandy, and [even] before him only at Ste. Vaubourg-
(Sanctum Walburgum) or Oyssol. None of them shall [have to]
guard a prisoner, in gaol or elsewhere — this was granted them
by king Henry. None of them shall give anything but wine
' See Preface. ^ These names are possibly corrupt in the text.
» "Ministro." ■* " Vos." ■'> ''Maledeo." S"Arthas."
' This charter is followed in the vidimus hy one purporting to be of king "William,"^
but cleiirly of king Stephen, from his reference to the Conqueror as his grandfather.
There are also given two charters, professedly, of Henry duke of the Normans. One-
of them, however, may have been his father's, for a charter from duke Geoffrey, i(y
the above effect, is preserved among the municipal archives of Eouen.
8 " Destotevilla."
TOWN OF ROUEN. 33'
[1150-l.J
for the wine-due ('modiacio) and if, when the wine reaches Rouen,
the due is offered to the duke's officers and refused, the owner
may sell it freely, after waiting till nine {tercia hora) the next
morning, without forfeiture, saving the duke's rights. None
of them shall wage battle against a champion proved to be
a hireling (conductitiris) by the oath of ten citizens of Rouen,
five of them within the city and fiye of the bov/rg. Tiiese ten
citizens shall be chosen by the justice (justicia). From the
day on which the citizens of Rouen became the men of his
father duke Geoffrey, they need not answer for past words or
deeds on behalf of those who have left Rouen and the com-
mune (comviunione) of Rouen ; and they shall be quit, from
that same date, of all ferms, debts, pleas and other demands.
No one in Rouen shall [have to] entertain anyone except by
direction of the city's own marshal. They may hold their
lands, and their purchases, and their tenures, and their mort-
gages in peace, and he will cause the debts due to them to be
paid within his peace and jurisdiction (justicia). Should anyone
have been disseised since king Henry.'s death, he will cause him
to be re-seised, if within liis peace and jurisdiction. He will
restore to the Serjeants of Rouen their offices {ministeria) as
they held them in the time of king Henry. No one shall be
placed over [in] the mint or the [vi]com,td or in any other
office except of his own accord. He will neither tallage them
nor take their substance, unless offered him of their own good-
will. He will be advised by the citizens as to everything and
all dues, injurious to Rouen, within and without the city,
introduced since the death of king H[enry]. No one shall be
given a password {intersigna accipiat) by the vicomte (vice-
comitatu^) at the toll-bar, but [a citizen] shall make declaration
(affidet) to its keeper that he does not pay custom, if the keeper
will not believe him (orediderit)^ otherwise ; and no one shall
give anything to the keeper except of his own accord. The fourth
penny shall not be payable on the wine of any citizen of Rouen
which shall be taken for the duke's ser^ace. None of them
shall pay any custom on wine or anj'thing else brought to the
town which he can declare to be a gift (de presentatione).
No ship shall go (eschippare) to Ireland from anywhere in
Normandy but Rouen, except one only, which may go once a
year from Cherbourg (Gesaris burgo); and every ship coming
from Ireland shall, after passing the head[land] of Guernsey
(Oernes) come to Rouen. From each such ship he is to have
a tymbriv/m of marten [skins], or 10 pounds of [money of]
Rouen if the merchants of that ship can swear that they have no
marten skins [and aie] not defrauding the Duke of Normandy
of his dues* ; and the vicomte of Rouen shall have 20 shillings
of Rouen from each [ship], and the chamberlain a hawk or
16 shillings of Rouen. No stranger shall buy the merchandise in
these ships or in any others from beyond the sea except through
' Sic iu Trans. ^ Trans.: " reddiderit."
^ Sense derived from John's charter.
c 92684.
34 TOWN OF ROUEN.
[1150-1.]
men of Rouen ; and, should anyone do this, half the merchandise
shall be forfeited to the duke, and half to the men of Rouen.
The customs of Dieppe (Deppa) shall be similar to those of
Rouen in tolls. The men of Rouen who are of the merchant
gild shall be quit of all dues at London save for wine and
porpoise (crasso pisce). They shall also be free to go through
ail the markets in England, saving the king's lawful dues.
And the citizens of Rouen shall have, at London, the port of
Duuegate as they have had from the time of king Edward
with the right (consuetudo) that if they find in that port a ship,
whencesoever it be, they may order it to be removed, and shall
[then] wait a flood and an ebb, and if the ship be not removed,
the citizens of Rouen may, if they will, cut the ropes of that
ship and send her out, without [liabiUty to] claim or penalty ;
and if that ship be endangered by their action, they shall be
responsible to no one. None of the citizens of Rouen shall pay
custom on tailors' goods (pannenteria) at fair or market, coming
or going, on this side of the Seine. Debts and contracts
(conventicmes) made at Rouen shall be discharged there, or, if
denied, shall be answered for there. No merchant shall pass
through Rouen with merchandise, by the Seine, up or down
stream, except he be a citizen of Rouen. No stranger may
discharge wine in[to] a cellar at Rouen.
G[eoffrey] duke of Normandy, his father, declared (a£li-
duciavit) that he would maintain all these concessions and
undertook to make his wife and sons declare [the same] at a
proper place and suitable time.. He (Henry) himself has made
this declaration, and should he haply depart, in anything, from
these concessions, he will make amenda within forty days of
being summoned by the citizens, without infringement of the
agreement (conventio).
Has etiam cpncessiones tenendas ceperunt in manu Philippus
Baiocensis episcopus, et Arnulfus Lexoviensis episcopus, et eas
affiduciaverunt tenendas Walleranus comes Mellenti, Helias
frater duels [Gaufridi], Willelmus^ Lupell[us], Robertus de Novo
burgo, Richerius de Aquila, Willelmus de Vernone, Rogerius de
Toenio, Baudricus de Bosco, Hamalricus Crespin, Goschelinus
Crespin, Gislebertus Crespin, Henricus de Ferr[ariis], Robertus
de Torceio, Ricardo (sic) de Haya, Enguer[gerus] de Bohun,
Alexander de Bohun, Guido de Sabl[olio], Absalon Rongnart,
Goffiidus de Claris, Hugo de Monteforti. Testibus : Hugone
archiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; Reg[inaldo]^ de Sancto WaUer-
[ico] ; Pagano* de Clarevalle ; Enguerranno de Saio. Apud
Rothomagum.
[Aug. 1174- 110. Charter of Henry 11 addressed generally. He confirms
April 5, 1 175.] (eoncessisse) to his citizens and men of Rouen freedom through-
(Trans. 77.) out his dominions, on both sides the sea, from all his dues by sea
and by land ; and all the lands at Rouen which paid custom shall
, ' Trans. :" duels Willelmi." 2 Trans.; " Rogero."
' Trans.: " Pagono."
TOWN OF ROUEN. 35
[1174-5.J
be free from all custom save the wine-tax (modiatio) and the
renders from mills, butchers, and bakers. He grants to them
also that they shall not plead for their mortgages, purchases,
debts, or inheritances except within the city of Rouen, and these
cases shall be judged by lawful men of the city before his
bailiff; and they shall have their wharf {werfwm) at Duuegate
in London as they used to have in the time of king Henry his
grandfather ; and, according to ancient custom, no ship shall
leave Normandy for Ireland except from Rouen, save one a year
from Cherbourg ; nor shall anyone pass through Rouen taking
wine to England, except he dwell at Rouen : No one is to
annoy or disturb them in this.
Testibus : R[otrodo] archiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; Henrico
Baiocensi, Arnulfo Lexoviensi, Egidio Ebroicensi, episcopis;
R[ogero] abbate Becci ; R[adulfo] cancellario ; comite Willelmo
de Mandevilla ; Ricardo de Humeto constabulario ; Reginaldo
de Cortenai ; Roberto Marmion ; Hugone de Laci ; Ricardo de
Vernone ; Henrico de Novo Burgo ; Saiherio de Quinci ; Hugone
de Cressy ; Richardo de Canvilla ; Willelmo Mallavicino ;
Reginaldo de Paveilly ; Simone de Torronebu ; Guerrardo de
Canvilla. Apud Rothomagum.^
1190, 28 June. 111. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He confirms
(Trans. 160.) to the citizens of Rouen all their quittances and liberties and
free customs as they enjoyed them in his father's day, and
according to his father's charter.
Testibus : Willelmo de Sancte Marie ecclesia dec[ano]
Moret[olii] ; Willelmo Marescallo'; Hugone Bard[ulfo] ; Gerardo
Talbot ; Radulfo filii Godefridi camerarii. Datum per manum
Johannis de Alengon archidiaconi Lexoviensis vicecanceUarii
nostri apud Cele xxviii. die Junii anno primo regni nostri.
1199, 21 May. 112. Charter of John, as lord (doTninus) of England and
(Trans. 183.) Ireland, &c. addressed generally. He confirms to the citizens
of Rouen all their liberties and quittances save his wine-tax at
Rouen ; and this they shall not pay on wine which they can
declare (affidare) to be given them for their own drinking.
Should anyone be guilty of contempt of their privilege to plead
only in Rouen, the justice {nostra justitia) shall constrain him
to come to Rouen and there do right (as provided above).
The other provisions of the first charter are then confirmed,
with slight variations in the following clauses.
His Serjeants shall not take their wine for his service in
tavern[s] except at the fair ; and that which they do not take
in tavern[s] shall be appraised by the decision of lawful sworn
citizens, and the price shall be paid. They shall have their
recognitions and records of their inheritances, mortgages, mer-
chandise, and all contracts (convenciones) inside Rouen and within
the banlieu (leucatam) of Rouen [made] by lawful men of the
1 15 of these witnesses occur in the charter to Jumifeges (^Mon. Ang., VI. 1088 ;
Eyton, 187).
C A
36 TOWN OF EOUEN.
1199.
city ; and the banlieu of Rouen s?iall be within the city's
jurisdiction. Throughout his dominion the citizens of Rouen
shall sell their mercliandise, whatever it be, by retail
(detallagium) or otherwise as they will, and shall load it and
unload it, and bring it and bring it back wlieresover they will,
saving his prisage at London — for his own drinking, or for
giving away as he will, but not for selling— namely, from each
ship two barrels, one before and one behind the mast at his
selection, to be valued (?) when the rest of the cargo is sold ;
and the price of the wine [so] taken is to be paid in fuU within
fifteen days, and the prisage is to be made within eight days
of those in charge of the wine giving notice to his bailiif who
makes the prisage at London, and unless it is so made, the said
citizens may do as they will with the wines, without obtaining
permission from anyone.
No one who does not reside in Rouen shall unload wine in[to]
a cellar or house. The citizens themselves shall be free from
[payment for] pannage or pasturage throughout his lands.
The citizens of Rouen and their ships and their men, with their
beasts of burden and their stocks (pecunie) shall ascend and
use (?) and traverse his river Seine, where they will, and shall,
if necessary remove bridges and bars, without any one's leave,
repairing them afterwards.
He also gi-ants and confirms to the citizens of Roueu their
Commune (Gowrninniam), with all liberties and jurisdiction as
fully as they have ever enjoyed it. He further enjoins that,
when he is at war, no knight shall stay in Rouen more than
one night, except by his command, or on account of illness.
Testibus : Roberto comite Mellenti ; Willelmo Marescalio ;
Willelmo de Keou ; Gerardo de Fornival ; Rogone de Saceio;
Willelii.o de Pratellis ; Willelmo de Cantelou; Johanne de
Bracesta ; Willelmo filio Alani. Datum per manum magistri
Roscelini tunc agentis vices cancellarii nostri, apud Deppam, xxi.
die Maii, anno ducatus nostri primo, Matheo Grosso tunc
majore Rothomagi.
37
ABBEY OF
THE HOLY TRINITY, FECAMP,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP ROUEN.
[Charters in Archives of the Seine Infdrieure. Cartulary in
Public lAhrary of Rouen, Y. 51. J
[1035-7.] 113. Charter [professedly]'^ of William I. notifying that his
(Vidimus in archives, grandfather Coimt Richard gave the church of St. Gervase
Trans. 9.) with all its appurtenances at Rouen, for the weal of his own
and his parents' souls, to John then abhot of Ff^camp, to be for
all time a hospice for him and his monks, which gift the king
confirms. Infringement of it to involve forfeiture of a hundred
pounds of gold.
Sign a — Willermi Anglorum regis et ducis Normannorum,
domini Roberti archiepiscopi ; Gingolor archiepiscopi ; domini
Johannis abbatis ; Gradulfi abbatis ; Ranerii abbatis ; Durandi
abbatis; Valerani^ comitis ; Ingelrani coraitis ; Nigelli; Osberti ;
Guilberti comitis ; Ricardi vicecomitis ; Gozelini vicecomitis.
[1086.] 114. [Notification that] a plea was held at Ala Chocha a
(Cartulary, fo. 82.) manor of William of Eu (Dou) concerning William de Braiose
and the property of the abbey of the Holy Trinity [of Fecamp],
king William holding the plea on a Sunday, [sitting] from
morning till eve. It was there settled and agreed as to the
wood of Hamode that it should be divided through the middle,
both the wood and the land in which the villeins had dwelt and
which belongs to the wood ; and by the king's command a
hedge (hagia) was made through the middle, and the abbey
and William had their respective shares. As to St. Cuthman's
rights of burial (sepultura) it was decreed that they should
remain unimpaired, and by the king's command the bodies
which had been buried at William's church were dug up (defossa)
by William's own men, and transferred' to St. Cuthman's church
for lawful burial, anil Herbert the dean restored the money
(denarios) he had received for burial, for wakes (wacis), for
tolling the bells {signis sonatis) and all dues for the dead,
swearing, by a relative in his place, that he had not received
more. As to the abbey's land which William had taken for
his park, it was adjudged that the park should be destroyed,
and it was destroyed. So with the warren he had made on the
abbey's land. As to the toll he took at his bridge from the
» See Preface. ^ Trans.: " Valemui."
38
ABBEY OF FECAMP,
[1086.]
abbey's men, it was adjudged that it should not be given, as
it was never given in the time of king Edward ; and, by the
king's command, what had been taken in toll was restored, the
tollman swearing that he had not received more. As to the
ships which ascend [the river] to the port of St. Cuthman
(Steyning) it was adjudged that they should be quit for two-
pence, ascending and descending, unless they should make
another market at William's castle. The road he had made on
the abbey's land was ordered to be destroyed, and was destroyed.
The ditch he had made to bring water to the castle was ordered
to be filled up, and this was done. As to the marsh, it was
decreed that it should be the abbey's {quietum) up to the hill
and the saltpits. The eighteen gardens were adjudged to the
abbey. The weekly toll was adjudged to the saint (St.
Cuthman), saving William's half. For all this William placed
his gage {dedit vadium) in the king's hand as being at his mercy.
Hii barones viderunt banc finem : filii regis, WiUelmus et
Henricus ; archiepiscopi Lanfrancus et Thomas ; Willelmus
Dunelniensis, Walchelinus Wintoniensis, (sic) et multi alii.
1085.
(Original in
possession of
M. Deville.
Trans. 3.
[Partial facsimile.]
Cartulary, fo. 7rf.')
115. Charter of William, dated 1086. He confirms to the
abbey of Fecamp king Edward's gift of Steyning (Estaninges)
with its appurtenances ; [and] for his own part gives it gladly
for the weal of king Edward's soul, and of his own and those
of Maud his wife and of his sons, with its rights and dues, sac
and soc. And if the abbey did not hold that manor in the
time of king Edward, yet he gives it, with all that the abbey
held in Steyning in his own time. Moreover he gives and
grants to the abbey the manor of Bury (Beriminstre) — for
which he offered a trial and justice to abbot William and his
monks, and which manor remained his^ — in consideration of
their claim against him for their possessions in Hastings in
the time of king Edward ; on the terms that if that manor
is worth more than the rents they had lost at Hastings, he
nevertheless grants them all that manor, with its appurtenances,
rights, and dues, sac and soc ; while if it is not worth so much
he will give compensation to the abbey for that amount.
[Signa] Willelmi regis AngIor[um] ; Willelmi comitis filii
ejus ; Lanfranci archiepiscopi ; Alani comitis ; Robert! comitis de
Mellent; Hugonis de Monteforth ; Baldwini de Essecestre;
Hugonis de Grentemesnil.
1085.
(Original
[chyrograpli] iu
archives.
Trans. 4.)
116. Determination of the suit between Gulbert de Alfait
and the abbey of Fecamp, in the presence, and by the
precept, of William king of the English and prince of the
Normans. Gulbert has quit-claimed to the abbey certain
lands (in Normandy), for which William abbot of Fecamp has
given him ten pounds and certain rights. He is to serve the
' With signa of king William and Hugh de Montfort only.
- Sense of the charter obscure here.
ABBEY OF FECAMP. 39
1085.
abbey in its pleas, at Fecamp or at Rouen, whenever summoned
by the' abbot or the brethren.
Ex parte regis fuerunt judices et testes : abbas Sancti Ebrulfi ;
abbas Sancti Petri Dive ; Rogerius pincerna ; Hugo de Portu ;
Wido Oillei ; Ricardus de Cotcei ; Gaufridus Martellus. Ex parte
Sancte Trinitatis: Landbertus Sancti Sedani; Willelmus dens
durus; Willelmus maleconductus ; Rodbertus Maleth ; Ivelinus de
Amundivilla ; Rodbertus Bortville ; Berardus Salvalonis filius ;
Audoenus camerarius ; Hugo filius ejus ; Gaufridus de Sedana ;
Willelmus filius Theoderici. Ex parte Gulberti, Bernardus de
Novomercato ; Vigerius filius Ursonis ; Radulfus filius Odonis ;
Rictiardus de Torcei et Eustachius frater ejus ; Bernardus de
Belnai ; Willelmus de Tornebu ; Baldricus ; Nicholas ; Emulfus
de Villaines ; Radulfus filius Anseredi ; Rannulfus vicecomes ;
Rodbertus filius Ascelini.
[1088, 7 July.] 117. Charter of Robert duke of Normandy, dated July 7,
(Cartulary, fo, I4rf.) 1088. He restores to the abbey of F6camp and William its
abbot, the lands of which it has been deprived (specified)
including the land of the burgesses of Fecamp which his father
had, in wrath, taken from the abbey before the day of his
death. These lands he restores free from exaction and all lay
dues, by the advice and assent {nwtu) of Henry his brother
and other his nobles, who sign the charter.
[Signa] Henrici comitis, Roberti comitis et aliorum.
Afterwards, Robert de Moritania, son of William de Bee, rose
against him and the abbot of Fecamp, and raised a castle
in the very land he held of the abbey, and withheld the
services due from that land. The duke, with the help of God
and his lieges, not only conquered him, but destroyed and burnt
his castle, and gave the land to Goher. The abbot, of whose fee
was the land, hearing this, besought the duke, saying that the
land was ancient demesne of the saint, and that the duke had
restored it with the other lands of the church when he was
about to cross (transire debui) to England. Finding this to be
true, and wishing tlie saint to enjoy his own, the duke came to
Fecamp and restored that land with all else specified in [the]
other charter, and made the gift by [placing] a stick {hoc
ligmwm) in the abbot's hands, and sealed both the charters.
And this he has done lest anyone in future should say that this
land was not of the saint's demesne and that the duke had not
restored it to the abbey.
[Signa] : Roberti ; Radulfi comitis. Ad hoc barones mei testes
fuerunt Goherius; Robertus de Donestanvilla ; Radulfus de
Grainvilla, et multi alii.
1103 13 Jan. 118. Settlement of the dispute between William, abbot of
(Originalinarchives. Fecamp and Philip de Braiose in the presence of king Henry
Cartulary, fo. 58. g^^^j M.a.\iiA. his wife. (Printed in Monasticon Anghcanum, VI.
Trans. 19.) ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ j^^ ^ g ^^
40
ABBEY OF FECAMP.
[? 1103.] 119. Writ [i of Henry I.] addressed to Eanulf bishop of
(Cartulary, fo. 16.) Durham, H[amo] dapifer and Urso de Abetot. The Holy Trinity
of Fecamp, its abbot and monks, are to enjoy all their rights and
the dues of the castle of Estaningis and of Bedingis and their
parish [both] the living and the dead, and the offering and the
tithe as they proved their right to all these in his father's court
and in his own, against the monks of St. Florent, Saumur
and against Philip son of William de Braiosa. And whatever
the said monks took thereof is to be restored to tbem. They
are to send Hugh de Bocheland to execute this justice, and are to
see that the king hears no complaint for want of right therein.
Teste comite de Mellent, apud Lindeboram.
1103.
(Cartulary,
fos. 55^ and 56
[the latter, here
styled B., has
variants
noted helow] .)
120. [Notification that] in the year 1203 (mocco et ni°)
Manasses Arsic renewed his charter which he had previously
given (fecerat) to the abbey of Fecamp, of his substance, before
the lord William the third abbot, and the monks and their men,
November 3 (iij° non. Novemhrhs) at Coges and there then
granted his house of Choges to make a priory (ecclesia) and
the church of that vill with its land, and land for two ploughs,
and wood for firing and for all the needs of the irionks and his
vert (viridariuTn). At Felinghefort he gave the church of
the vill, with its land, and all the tithe, and two mills and two
carucates of land. At Solvintoni two [out of three] sheaves of
the tithe of his demesne ; at Nosted two [out of three] sheaves
of his " loredium " (sic) ; at Malpstegam^ two [out of three]
sheaves of the tithe ; at Donested,^ at Scapaium, from Cumbe,
from Suendon, from Cressenton,* and from Willecote the
same ; at Teuta whatever he had ; in Lindesium, two [out
of three tithe] sheaves from Tostes, from Ousberia,^ and from
Felingheham.^ He also gave the tithes of all his revenues
(denarii), of the foals of his mares, of calves, of sheep, of
cheeses, of wool, and the tithes of all his substance and of all
his men of the said vills. And be gave fifty acres of meadow
at Choges,' and granted the meadow of William de Willecote.
All this he gave with the consent of his wife and sons,^
Testes horuin ex parte Sanete Trinitatis ; Willermus mains
conductus ; Ingerannus; Radulfus filius Anschetilli, et alii.
Ex parte Manasse : Willeliuus de Becco ; Robertus de Condedo ;
Kobertus de Bundavilla, et Serlo de Hadunna.
In the year after this 1107^ (Mocoviio), Manasses Arsic and
his wife came to Fecamp and gave the abbey the church of
Solviton" and the whole tithe of the vill, and the land of
William the priest there.^^
2 B. " Mapedescam.'' " B. " Donestella."
Orisberia." ^ B. " Olnigehara." ' B. " Cogas."
et confirmatione Regis Henrici illustrissimi
' B. " Summertoiie."
* B. " Carsiuton." * B.
" B. adds " sub testimonio
Anglorum principis."
" B. " anno post hoc stptimo." '" B. " Summerton.'"
" B. omits the above witnesses, but adds at (he close a confirmation charter of
Alexander Arsic — " Testibus hiis : Roberto puero ; Willelmo Arsic ; Willelmo de
" Malevilla; Willelmo Durescu ; Henrico de Wifelicote ; Henrico de Bella aqua;
" Galfrido de ITrunteboia, et multi alii."
ABBEY OF FECAMP. 41
lllfl, 5 July. 121. Fragment apparently belonging to some charter not
(Cartulary, fo. 16.) otherwise noticed : —
Hec omnia Henricus gratia dei rex Anglorum et princeps
Normannorum concedo et crucis Obristi caractere confirmo ac
sigilli mei impressione corroboro. Ad hoc fuerunt barones :
Robertas episcopus Lincolie ; Regnaldus (sicy cancellarius, et
multi alii. Hoc actum est apud Stanfort iij° Non. Julii M^cxo
anno ab incarnatione domini.'*
1130-1131. 122. Charter of Henry I. addressed generally. The tithes of
(Original in archives, his forest of Fecamp which his huntsmen were wrongly with-
"Cartiiiary holding, On his [beasts of the] chasej from Roger abbot of
fo. i5d [first two Fecamp and his proctors have been adjudged to him in the
witnesses only].) presence of the king and his barons. Henceforth, therefore,
the abbey of Fecamp is to enjoy all the tithes of his forest of
Fecamp in [beasts of] the chase and all else. And, for the
weal of his own and his predecessor's souls, the king grants,
with all the tithes, all the churches which shall be built
in his said forest, and their offerings, should any churches
be built there ; and, as the abbey is wholly founded on his
own and his predecessors' patrimony, he grants that it shall
henceforth hcild these and all possessions without disturbance
or diminution by secular justice as part of his demesne
fisc.
Testibus : Hugone arohiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; Audino
episcopo Ebroicensi ; Johanne Lexoviensi, Johanne Sagiensi
[episcopis] ; Roberto de sigillo,^ Nigello nepote episcopi ;
R[oberto] comite Gloecestrie; W[illelmo] comite Warenne;
W[aleranno] comite de Metl[ent] ; B[riennio] filio comitis ;
R[oberto] de Haia, H[ugone] Bigot ; W[illelmo] Martel ;
Ricardo filio Ursi ; Willelmo Malgd' ; Willelmo de Hastingis ;
Anselmo de Frehelvilla; Gaufrido de Culven-illa * ; W. de
sancto Martino ; G. de Sancto Ligerio. Apud Rothoinagum.
[1130-1181.] 123. Charter of Henry I. addressed generally. He and the
(Original in archives, abbot of F^camp and Henry count of Eu have made a fine
Cartu]ary°o/F6camp ^^^ concord Concerning the claim of toll for stalls {trusselle)
[first witness only] and the pontage of Winchelsea {Winchenesel),^ which the count
fo. id.f claimed against the abbot, as follows : He (the king) and the
count will have half the toll for stalls and the pontage and
the abbot the other half ; and this division shall apply to all
ships which put in there, with the sole exception of ships
belonging to men resident in Hastings {Haatengis), which may
' ?Banulfus.
^ It is clear from the foundation charter of Coggs Priory, as printed in the
Monasticon from the Carta Antiques, that this is the " confirmatio regis Henrici,"
spoken of in the B. text of that charter, the " anno post hoc septimo " of which
corresponds exactly with the date of 1110 here given. It is therefore the 1 107 of
the A. text that must be wrong.
'' Trans. : " Sigei." * Trans : " Euluervilla." * " Winchel " in Cartulary.
^ " Abbas de Fiscampo debet Ix. marcas argenti pro medietate thelonei navium
de Winchelsea." Eot. Pip. 31 Hen. I., p. 71.
42 ABBEY OF F:fiCAMP.
[1130-1181.J
be driven to put in there by storms. AH the other dues of the
vill are to be enjoyed by the abbot. The king, the abbot and
convent, and the count have made this concord and fine in the
presence and hearing of the following : —
Hugonis archiepiscopi Rothomagensis ; Audini episcopi Ebroi-
censis, Johannis [episcopi] Lexoviensis ; Johannis [episcopi]
Sagiensis; Roberti de sigillo^; Nigelli nepotis episcopi;
R[oberti] comitis Gloecestrie ; W[illelmi] comitis Warenne ;
"W[aleranni] comitis de Metl[ent] ; B[riennii] filii comitis ;
R[oberti] de Haia; H[ugonis] Bigot; W[ilielmi] Martel[li];
Ricardi filii Ursi ; Willelmi Malcuind' ; Willelmi de Hastingis,
et Anselmi de Frehelvilla, et Gaufridi do Calv[er]villa ; W. de
Sancto Martino ; G. de Sancto Ligerio. Apud Rothomagum.
[jpaulo ante 124. Charter of Henry I. addressed generally. He notifies
1134.] that, by his permission and consent, Roger, abbot of Fecamp
(Original in archives, (c^g Fiscanno) smd his chapter have made an exchange with Nigel
CartaiOTy!'fo^20(i. ^^^ '^^ William, nephew (nepos) of Robert earl of Gloucester, his
[first two witnesses son : namely, Nigel has granted to the abbot and chapter all the
only].) land, horses, and rents at Fecamp held by his grandfather, his
father, and himself, and has quit-claimed them to the abbot
and chapter for their own support, for ever, together with
all the land he held at Boleram^ (?Beaurain) or within the
leucate of Fecamp. For this, the abbot and chapter have given
and granted him all their land, tenants, and rents at Laleham
(Lelham) on the terms that Nigel and his heirs shall be the
abbot's tenants and liegemen (fideles) for that land of Laleham
as they had been for the land of Fecamp. This the king grants
and confirms.
Testibus hiis subscriptis : Rogero episcopo Salesberie ;
Gaufrido cancellario ; Nigello nepote episcopi Salesberie ; Rogero
capellano meo, nepote abbatis Fiscanni ; Roberto comite Gloe-
cestrie filio meo ; Roberto de Ver conestabulo ; Briencio filio
comitis ; Willelmo de Ponte Archarum ; Willelmo Martello ;
Ricardo filio Ursi ; Roberto Ghernet ; Gaufrido de Maisnillo ;
Engelramno dapifero abbatis ; Simone de Curci ; "Willelmo
palefrido ; Osberto Octodenar[io] ; Roberto Lamartra.^
[1140-1189.] 125. Charter of Henry abbot of Fecamp and the whole
(Cartulary, to. a4.) convent. They release to their men of Rie and their heirs
for ever ledtschet, childwite feld, and the due on the sale
of houses, on condition that, for this release, the men of
Rie shall render to the abbey of Fecamp and the abbot every
year two marcs (marchas) and a half assigned in fixed rents in
the town of Rie. If the rents are in default, the men in
common shall make the payment, or the abbej'' and abbot shall
revert to the above dues. The men who have been present have
made oath to the abbot and will make those who are not
' Trans. ; " Siggi." ^ Sic also in both Cartularies.
'■' This charter, with all its witnesses, is also found on fo. 1 of a Cartulary of
Fecamp, preserved in the archives.
ABBEY OP FECAMP.
43
[1140-1189.]
present swear, for themselves and their heii's, when they return.
And they will swear that they will cause the abbot to have his
shares (saras) and all other his rights so far as they can, and
will suffer no one dwelling in the town to fish unless he shall
give shares as follows. From all fishing, whoever is engaged in
it, these shares shall be rendered : from all ships of 26 oars
they shall give two and a half shares ; from ships of 22 or 20,
two; from ships of 18 or 16, one and a half; from ships of 14
or 12 or 10, one ; and from all with fewer oars a whole share,
however few may row in them, — except those called heccheres,
which shall pay as follows : If eight men row in them, or 9, or
10, or 11, or 12, one share. If there be fewer than 8, they shall
give half a one, however fe;w they be.
Testibus hiis : Johanne priore, Roberto panetario, et multis
aliis.
[1144-1150.] 126. Charter of Geoffrey duke of Normandy and Henry his
(Cartulary, fo. 13.) son addressed to H[ugh] the archbishop and all their officers of
Normandy. They grant to Henry abbot of Fecamp and the
abbey all its dues and privileges, in churches, lands, waters,
ports, woods, pleas, and all else, according to Richard's charter,
and in tithes. Count Richard's penalty will be enforced for
infringement.
Testibus : Philippo episcopo Baioc[ensi] ; Ricardo episcopo
Abrinc[ensi] et aliis. Data carta ista apud Rothomagum.
[1152-4.]
(Original in
archives.
Trans. 119.)
127. Writ of Henry, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine and
count of. Anjou, addressed to all those who till land in the
forest of Fecamp. It has been determined (consideratum) in
his court that the abbot of Fecamp should receive tithe from the
land of the forest of Fecamp, as he has had previously from
pannage and from beasts (feris). They are therefore to pay it
him in full, and should they not, Robert de Novoburgo is to
make them do so.
Teste Arnulfo episcopo Lexoviensi apud Rothomagum.
[1150-1155.]
(Original in
archives.
Trans. 321.)
128. Letter of Theobald archbishop of Canterbury, primate
of England, legate of the apostolic see, to Henry abbot of
Fecamp. He has constantly received complaints from the
brethren of the monastery, which is under the special protection
of the Holy Roman ^Church, that Henry has scattered and
damaged the possessions of the monastery, over which he
ought jealously to watch, by granting them to robbers and
plunderers, during the war that they have suffered from, to the
loss of the said brethren. As legate, it is his duty to support a
monastery thus dependent on the Holy Roman Church. He
therefore enjoins on Henry, by his apostolical and his own
authority, to revoke, with anxious care, the [grants of] goods
and possessions of the monastery which he has unjustifiably
made. As to those who, by his grant or by their own
usurpation, have laid hands on the monastery's possessions.
44
ABBEY OF FECAMP,
[1150-1155.]
from the death of the illustrious king Henry [I.] down to these
times in which [the] Holy Church seems to breathe again, they
are to abandon them to the monastei-y, wherever they may be,
or he will do justice on them.
[1154-5.] 129. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He con-
(Originalin firms, for the weal of his soul and his predecessors, to his
Trans 'i2i kinsman Henry abbot of Fecamp and the church of Fecamp all
Cartulary [no the lands in England which king William his predecessor
witnesses], fo- 4.) granted it, namely, Staninges and Bereministra with all appur-
tenances, dues, liberties, and quittances as witnessed by king
William's charter. They are to hold free from all subjection
and domination by barons, princes, and all others, and un-
disturbed by any secular or judicial authority, as possessing
Crown demesne (fiscum doTninicum). And as he has carefully
inspected the charters of king William and his other prede-
cessors, he again insists that the monks of Fecamp and their
men are not to answer [any plea] concerning any holding of
theirs or anything else except before him or his chief justice,
and are to enjoy all their other rights.
Testibus : Philippo Baiocensi episcopo ; Heraulfo Lexoviensi
episcopo ; Kicardo episcopo Londoniensi ; Willelmo fratre
regis ; Thoma cancellario ; Ricardo de Humeto constabulario ;
Guarino lilio Ger[oldi] cam[erario] ; Mana[ssero] Biset dapifero ;
Roberto de Novoburgo ; R[oberto] de Dunestanvilla ; Joc[elino]
de Baillol ; Nicolao de Stutevilla. Apud Westmonasterium.
[1154-5.]
(Original in
archives.
Trans. 107.
Cartulary
[no witnesses] ,
fo. 3d.)
130. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
to Henry abbot of Fecamp, his kinsman, and to the church of
Fecamp all its possessions and rights in England and Normandy
as the charter of Richard duke of the Normans, his predecessor,
and the charters of king Edward, king William, and his grand-
father king Henry witness and confirm. Should anyone infringe
its rights he will renew the fine appointed by count Richard
[of Normandy], namely 100 pounds of gold.
Testibus : Amulfo Lexoviensi, Philippo Baiocensi, et Ricardo
Lundonensi, episcopis ; Willelmo fratre regis ; Thoma cincel-
lario ; Ricardo de Humeto ; Garino filio Geroldi ; IManisse.s
Biset; Rodberto de Novoburgo; Rodberto de Dunstanvilla ;
Jocelino de Baill[olio]; Nicholao de Stutevilla. Apud'
Westmonas terium .
[1155-8.]
(Original in
archives.
Trans. 120.
Cartulary, fo. 8.)
131. Writ of Henry II. addressed to his justices and bailiffs
of Normandy and J[ohn] couiit of Eu (Augi) and earl Walter
Giffard. The church of Fecamp is to be seised without delay
of all the land [specified] which Nicolas de Cruel gave it on
the day when he joined (se reddidit ad) it, as he was seised of
it on that day, and as the abbot and monks can prove their
right to it by the abbot of Bordesleia and by William Malnevod
and by their other witnesses. They are to hold all that land
saving his right and that of the lords of that land, And unless
ABBEY OF FECAMP.
45
[1155-8.]
[1156-1159.]
(Cartulary, to. 7.)
this is done, his lady and mother the Empress will cause it to
he done.
Teste War[ino] filio Ger[oldi] cam[erario], apud Niweham,
per Willelmum de Haia.
132. Charter of Henry II addressed to all his officers of
Normandy. He confirms to Henry abbot of Fecamp and the
abbey the port of Fecamp, as he [the abbot] proved his right
to it {disraoionavit) in the court of his [the king's] fiither and
afterwai-ds in his [the king's] court before Phili|i bishop of
BayeuK and Robert de Novo Burgo at Rouen, against the
burgesses of Fecamp who claimed [the] dues in that port as
against him.
T[estibus] : T[oma] cancellario ; Roberto de Novo Burgo, et
multis aliis.
[1156-1162.] 133. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Cartulary, fo. 6.) Roueu and all his officers of Normandy. He grants that all
who shall come to the judgment court (judicium) of the Holy
Trinity of Fecamp from Palm Sunday to the close of Pentecost
shall enjoy his peace and guardianship, that they may go and
return securely throughout his land, of whatever land they be,
unless they are fugitive from his land for murder or theft or
any other crime.
T[estibus] Rotrodo Ebroicensi episcopo ; Raginaldo de Sancto
Valerico ; Ricardo de Luci ; Ricardo de Humeto, constabulario ;
Godardo de Wallibus. Per manum Stephani capellani, apud
Lexo'vium.
[1161-1162.]
(Cartulary, fo. 5.)
134. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and all his officers of Normandy. For the weal of his
soul and those of his relatives and for the honour of the counts
(sic) Richard his predecessors, he gives certain lands [in
Normandy, specified] to the abbey of Fecamp and abbot Henry
his kinsman, as recognition was made [of the boundaries] before
his justice by the oaths of his foresters and other his lawful
men.
T[estibus] : Henrico car[dinale]; R[otrodo] Ebr[oicensi],
Am[ulfo] Lex[oviensi], P[hilippo] Baio[censi], A[chardo]
Abrinc[ensi] episcopis; Raginaldo de Sancto Walerico, et
multis aliis.
(^Inspeximus in
archives.
Trans. 122.)
135. Charter of Henry II. to the abbey of Fecamp.
See Cartas Antiquse. S. 2. (Public Record Office.)
[1170-1181.J 136. Charter of Robert count of Medlent. In accordance
(Cartulary, fo. 10.) with the faith and devotion of his predecessors, namely,
his father Waleran and others, he gives Henry abbot of
Fdcamp and the whole convent and their successors free passage
for their ships and boats, through all his land, when carrying
their own property, quit of all dues appertaining to his fief at
46
ABBEY OF FECAMP.
[? 1174, June.]
(Cartulai'y, fo. 15d.)
[1170-1181. J
Meulan (Medlent), namely, and Mantes (Medonta), because
the abbey has always enjoyed, and ought to enjoy this privilege.
He prays therefore his lord the king of the French and all
those who see this charter, not to let the abbey's ships or boats
be vexed in any way for toll or due within his fief.
Test[ibus] : Henrico rege regis Henrici filio ; Willermo
lemarescal; Symone de Marisco, et multis aliis.
137. Writ of Henry II. addressed to his justices of Normandy.
He directs that as it is found (recognitum) that he ought to
have one packhorse for the army from the men of the merchant
Gild of Fecamp, with all its equipment and belongings, and that
the said (ipsi) men ought to have their marketing (mercaturam)
by land and by sea, especially in mackerel (makerello), this is
to be observed, as it is found, and [as it is] written on his roll.
Teste Osberto de camera, apud Bonam villam super Tolcham.
1180, 24 April. 138. Notification by Sanson abbot of St. Ouen, Rouen, and
(Cartulary, [the] prior of St. Lo (Sanoti Laudi) that the dispute between
fo. 34 bis d.) ^jjgjj, worshipful brother [Henry], abbot of Fecamp and Symon
the priest concerning the church of Estrutart, referred to them
by pope L[ucius] III. has been thus settled in the presence of
Henry king of England and themselves. Symon has renounced
all claim against the abbot to any right in that church and has
sworn to vex the abbey no longer in the matter. And the
abbot of F6camp, in pity of his poverty and in consideration of
his toil and expense in thrice journeying to the pope {Romanum,
vontificem), has given him, at the king's entreaty, 10 pounds
of Anjou, in pity, and has assigned him 15 pounds of that money
in his mills of Witeflo on the sea, to be received annually, until
a church of the same value or more, up to 20 or 30 pounds,
belonging to the church of Fecamp shall fall vacant, which shall
be assigned, at his will, to the said clerk. If the mills are
destroyed or fall in value, the 15 pounds are to be assigned to
him in some other suitable place. The millers are to give sworn
security for the annual payment of the 15 pounds, 5 pounds
every four months.
Hoc autem actum est apud Rothomagum anno
MOCOLXXXO mense Aprilis in crastino festi Sancti Georgii,
presentibus illustrissimo [rege] Anglorum Henrico, Johanne
Ebroicensi episcopo, et multis aliis.
[1185-1189.] 139. Charter of Henry II. corresponding precisely with
(Cartulary, fo. 7.) No. 43 [Rouen cartulary, fo. 65].
T[estibus]: H[ugone] Dunhelmensi episcopo; Roberto filio
Willelmi archidiacono Notingeh[ami], et aliis multis.
1186. 140. Notification that an agreement was made at Rouen
(Cartulary, 8id.) before William son of Ralf, senescal of Normandy, and Robert de
Hairecurt between Henry abbot of Fecamp and Helyas son of
Bernard by, which Helyas grants the abbot easement of his
ABBEY OF FifiCAMP. 47
1186.
pasture at Suntinges and of the water of his well and of the
purpresture which the abbot's shepherd (bercarius) made on
Helyas, for the men and the flocks of the abbot and his men, as
he had previous granted for a term of years (aliquot annos)
for 10 marcs which the abbot has lent (accomodavit) him. For
this grant the abbot has quitclaimed the 10 marcs previously
lent to Helyas, and has lent him another 10 for five years from
Easter 1186, on condition that at the end of the five years
Helyas, or his heir, shall repay that sum, or, if he does not, the
abbot or abbey shall enjoy that easement from year to year
until the money is repaid. And if Helyas repays it at the end
of the terra, he shall receive the easement.
Testibus hiis : Radulfo filio Bernardi ; Johanne Haringot ;
Henrico de Sechevilla, et aliis multis.
[1195, 28 Jan.] 141. Notification by A[lgar] abbot of Faveresham and
(Cartulary, G[eofirey] prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, that the dispute
fo. 33 bis.) between the prior and monks of Cog[es] and Helto parson of
the church of Mapeldurescamp concerning certain tithes, namely
two [out of three tithe] sheaves of the demesne of William de
Oiretune, which he holds in the vill of Mapeldurescamp of the
fee of Alexander ArsiC= — has been argued before them by
command of the pope, and thus settled : Helto has admitted
before them that those tithes belong to the Priory (ecclesice) of
Cog[es] and has surrendered them into their hands. They, by
the pope's authority, have restored them to the prior of Coges.
And the prior, at their entreaty has granted them to Helto for
life, to be held of the priory for an annual pension of two
shillings, to be paid at Tunestalle, within the octave of
Michaelmas, to the prior of Coges or his assignee. Helto has
pledged his faith, in their presence, to the prior and monks, for
so holding the tithes.
Hiis testibus ; Ricardo priore de E'avresham ; Roberto cantore
Caht[uarensi], et multis aliis. In ecclesia Sancti Johannis
Baptiste de Bleno die tercio post festum conversionis sancti
Pauli proximum post adventum Ricardi regis de Alemannia in
Anglia.
1195, 8 April. 142. Notification that a certain concord was made at
(Original in archives. Estaninges between the abbot of Fecamp (Fiscannensis) and
Cartu^ fo ^57 ) John de Tresgoz, concerning certain disputes between them as
follows : —
In the year 1164, in the reign of the glorious king of the
English, Henry the second, this concord was made by direction
of the king and by the advice of friends on both sides. The
abbot and convent of F6camp claimed a quarter of the wood
called Dureshurst, in land, and trees, and pannage, and pasture,
and all rents and profits issuing from that wood or land ; they
also claimed half the wood of Perregate, and part of the wood
of Brunnesburi of which the said John was depriving the
abbey. And John claimed a part of the holding which was
48
1195.
ABBEY OF FECAMP.
held by Norman a villein of the abbot. John recognised the
right of the abbey to a quarter of the wood and land of
Dureshurst, to be held by the king in chief freely and peaceably,
so that he was not to take a tree or anything in that wood
without the view and assent of the abbot's servant, while the
abbot was to have one tree, when John had three [but] not
without the view of John's servants. The abbot and cnnvent
were to hold freely half the wood of Perregate, and the tene-
ment of Norman was to be theirs without dispute, as bounded
by Noramn's ditch. John was to enjoy freely that part of the
wood of Brunnesburi which the abbot claimed against him.
That this might hold good, John pledged his faith {affidavit) in
good faith, and Hemeric de Cuella did the same on behalf of
the abbot ; and to make this [agreement] more stable and
lasting, John became a brother of the abbey, and the abbot gave
him fifteen marcs of silver of the abbey's charity.
Ex parte abbatis, testes sunt : Radulfus et Ricardns et
Hubertus monachi ; magister Durandus' ; Alvredus ; Paganus
clericus ; Philippus filius Gervasii ; Johannes presbiter ;
Robertus Salvagius ; Willelmus de Lancinges; Hemericus de
Cuella; Ricardus de Hamelehurst; Robertus de Lithe. Ex
parte vero Johaimis, Anfridus (de) Feringes ; Simon Conies ;
Hugo Buci ; Simon de Hanvelde.
But, afterwards, on abbot Henry dying, and Ralf de
Argenciis succeeding him as abbot of Fecamp, and John de
Tresgoz dying and being succeeded by his son John, ;i dispute
arose between abbot Ralf and John, son of John, because the
latter was depriving the abbej', against his father's charter, of
its rights in Dureshurst. Thereupon the abbot and convent
claimed their former rights there. John, admitting the truth
of their claim, and constrained by the king's orders and his
friends' advice, restored to the abbey what he had wrongfully
taken, his men pledging their faith. And that all dispute
between the abbey and John and his heirs miglit be set at rest
for ever, abbot Ralf and the convent, and John, with the assent
and by the wish of his brothers Henry and Thomas and his
other friends, had Dureshurst divided into four quarters, so
that the quarter adjoining Tuddestrode remained to be held
for ever of the king by the abbot and monks of Fdcamp, and
the other three by John ; and John quit-claimed to the abbot
and monks for ever all the right that he and his heirs mi»ht
have in that quarter. John de Tresgoz and Philip his uncle
have pledged their faith to the faithful observance of this
agreement ; and so have Peter de Gatewike and William de
Sceldune on the part of the abbot. And, for this confirmation,
abbot Ralf and the convent have given John a hundred shillings
sterling of the abbey's charity, by Michael its monk and
proctor.
That this confirmation may be permanent John de Tresgoz
declares that with the assent and by the wish of his brothers
1 The next nine witnesses omitted in Cartulary.
ABBEY OF FECAMP. 49
1195.
Henry and Thomas and other his friends, he has put his seal
to it and invokes the wrath of Almighty God on anyone who
may impugn it.
Testes horum ex parte abbatis : Michael de Argenciis
monachus ; Petrus de Gatewike ; Thomas filius ejus^ ; Kobertus
Salvagius ; Willelmus de Eccled' ; Philippus de Belewe ;
Robertus de Leies; Philippus de Quelle; Adam de Brunnes-
buri ; Johannes de Wikeolte ; Alardus et Ricardus de Wes-
libartune ; Mauritib de Bi're ; Willelmo de Litha ; Hunfrido
et Hugone de Argenciis. Ex parte Johannis : Henricus et
Thomas fratres sui ; Philippus de Tresgoz ; Alard Fleming ;
Simon Comes ; Willelmus de Wistenestune ; Walterus de
Tresgoz ; Albredus de Coham, et Johannes filius suus ; Adam
Farcurteis ; Baldewinus de Perham, et alii multi. Hoc autem
factum est apud Sorham anno secundo post reditum regis
Ricardi de Alemannia, vi. idus Aprilis.
1195-6. 143. Notification by A[]gar] abbot of Faveresham and
(Original in archives. G[eoffrey] prior of Christchurch [Canterbury] that the dispute
Carhilary between the abbot and monks of Coges and Jordan de Ros,
fo. 32 bis d.) concerning two-thirds of all the tithes of the demesne of
Geoffrey de Ros which he holds in the vill of Fervingeham,
of the fee of Alexander Arsic, has, by command of the pope,
been thus settled before them. Jordan has admitted (recog-
novit) those tithes to be the right of the church of Cogges,
while the prior has granted them to Jordan to be held of the
church of Cogges for his life, at the annual pension of two
shillings to be paid the prior or his assignee at Tuenstalle
within the octaves of Michaelmas. In consideration of this
grant, Jordan has done fealty to the prior and church of Cogges
for these tithes, in their presence.
Testibus : Moyse quondam priore de Coventry ; Johanne de
Cantuaria^; Andrea capellano prioris de Cantuaria ; Thoma de
Garewike ; Roberto de Lees ; Thoma de Nadegar[io] ; magistro
Helia de Rie ; Magistro Waltero de Kilendone ; Ricardo de
Cogg[es] ; Ricardo de et multis aliis, in ecclesia
beati Johannis Baptiste de Bleno, die lune proxima post
dominicam qua cantatur , post mortem Hugonis
pie memorie Dunelmensis episcopi.
[? 1197.] 144. Notification by Gplbert] bishop of Rochester, W[illiam]
(Cartulary, fo. 26rf.) abbot of Westminster, and W[alter] abbot of Waltham that
they have received the pope's mandate as follows : —
1197, 1 June. Mandate of pope Celestine [III.] addressed to the above.
The abbot and convent of Fecamp have complained that
William de Marinis having obtained the church of Ria, through
the abbey of Fecamp, pledging his oath to pay an annual
pension of 13 marcs, refuses to pay that pension, in despite of
' All the other witnesses omitted in Cartulary.
2 " Sacrista de Cantuaria," in Cartulary, which omits all that follows.
e 92684. ^
50 ABBEY OF F:6CAMP.
1197.
his oath. If this is so, they are to compel William to pay the
pension and are to punish him canonically for his breach of
faith, yet giving heed whether this pension has been increased
or newly appointed since the Lateran council.
Datum Laterani kal. Junii pontificatus nostri anno sexto.'^
On Michael prior of Cogos (sic) appearing before them, on
behalf of the abbey, and William de Marinis, the dispute was
thus amicably settled: William has promised, pledging his
faith, to pay the pension annually to the abbey of Fecamp
for the church of Ria; and on the other hand six marcs shall
be paid to him annually, according to his charter. Whatever
is mutually claimed for arrears has been amicably released
before them.
[1197.] 145. Notification by W[illiam] abbot of Thame, S[imon]
(Original in archives, prior of St. Fritheswidis, and C[lement] prior of Osnnai that
C tute^^° fo^^3^3 bis ■) *^®y have received a papal mandate thus worded : —
[1197, 5 June.] [Pope] Celestine sends greeting and apostolical benediction
to his dear sons, the abbot of Thame and the priors of St.
Fritheswidis and of Osenai in the diocese of Lincoln. He
learns from his dear sons the abbot and convent of Fdcamp
that Laurence parson of Brede (vrede) and James son of
Alard, strive wrongfully to detain the tithes of Wlfledemareis
and of Winchenesel, in the diocese of Chichester, rightfully
belonging to the monastery of F6camp, on the ground of a
certain charter, alleged to be forged, granting those tithes.
Unwilling that the monastery should on this ground, suffer the
loss of its right, he enjoins on their discretion, if the case be so,
to compel the said Laurence and James to restore those tithes,
with the increase arising from them in the meanwhile, granting
no appeal. And if they can be convicted as to the charter,
they are to be canonically punished, and no letters obtained
from the apostolic see prejudicial to truth and justice. Let
one [of the three] see to this, if they cannot all be present.
Datum Laterani nonas Junii pontificatus nostri anno sexto.-^
To ensure permanence for their decision, by the authority of
the Pope, in the above case, they execute and seal this rescript.
Having at length secured the presence of the parties, and the
abbot and monks having stated their case, their adversaries,
Laurence and James, showed no ground for rejecting it, but
contumaciously withdrew. The abbot and monks' witnesses
were then admitted, and a day appointed for producing wit-
nesses, a second time, by citations addressed to both the parties.
On the day arriving, the abbot and monks produced their
witnesses a second time, but Laurence and James persisted
obstinately in their contumacy. Out of kindness to them,
in their absence, a third day was named, and they were
summoned. On their renewed contumacy, publication of the
sentence was still deferred, in equity rather than justice, and
1 Not in Jaff^.
ABBEY OF FECAMP. 51
[1197.]
to convict them of malice, and yet another day appointed. On
that day, when, neither in person nor by anyone else, did they
appear, their contumacy being sufficiently established, they
[the commissioners] at the entreaty of the abbot and monks,
despatched to Laurence and James, depositions proving the
case of the abbot and monks, with their summons. Laurence
appeared in person on the appointed day, the contumacy of
James was proved, and no ground being shown for suspending
sentence, possession of the said tithes was adjudged to the
abbot and monks, the question of property (proprietas) being
reserved ; and although it was sufficiently established that the
increase arising from them, in the meantime, amounted to
30 marcs, yet in mercy {mitius agentes) it was taxed (per
taaucionerri) at 20, to .which Laurence and James were
condemned.
1203. 146. Notification by R[obert] abbot of Eynesham, E. prior
(Cartulary, of Oseneie,^ and William sub-prior of St. Frideswide's that they
°" '^ ' have received the pope's mandate as follows : —
1202, 21 Nov. Mandate of pope Innocent [III.] addressed to the above. The
abbot and convent of Fecamp have complained that though
they have peacefully, for some time, enjoyed the tithes of
certain wastes (moris) in the vill of Brede and had appealed
to the apostolic see against their being wronged therein,
Laurence, a clerk of the diocese of Chichester, after appeal so
made, had wrongfully despoiled them of the said tithes, which
he withholds. They are to summon witnesses, and to settle
the dispute canonically, allowing no appeal. Witnesses refusing
to appear are to be compelled by ecclesiastical penalties to give
their testimony. Two of them to form a quorum.
Datum Laterani xj. kal. Dec. ponbificatus nostri anno v.
On Michael the monk appearing before them as proctor of
the abbey of F6camp, and Laurence rector of the church of
Brede, the dispute was settled thus : Laurence admitted all the
tithes of the wastes and marshes of Brede to be the right of
the church of Fecamp, and surrendered the said tithes into
their hands, and they by the pope's authority, restored them
to the abbey by its proctor. And the abbot and convent, of
their charity and at the instance of friends, have allowed
Laurence to hold these tithes from the church of Fecamp, for
an annual pension of eighteen pence, so long as he lives, or
until he becomes a monk (ad reHgionem, se transtulerif) and
after his death or admission to a religious house, the abbey
shall receive those tithes. Laurence has done fealty for these
tithes to the abbey before them, and has sworn that he will
make no further claim against the church.
Hec autem transactio facta est anno Moccoiii° apud Oso-
n[?efordiam] in ecclesia Sancte Marie die martis proximo
ante festum Sancti Lamberti, hiis testibus : T. monacho ;
magistro Martino de Oxon[ia], et multis aliis.
' Not in Monasticon list.
D 2
52 ABBEY OF FECAMP.
[? 1204.] 147. ]S[otification by R[obert] abbot of Einesham and J. abbot
(Cartulary, of Bruer[ne]i and E. prior of Oseneie^ that they have received
fo. 31 bis d.) ^j^g pope's mandate as follows :—
1203, 5 Nov. Mandate of pope Innocent [III.] addressed to the above.
■ His dear sons the abbot and convent of Fecamp have com-
plained to him that W. de Eglendon and John de Strotefeld,
laymen of the diocese of Chichester, wrong them in the matter
of certain tithes belonging to their monastery, &c.
Datum Agnag[nie]. Non. Novembris pontificatus nostri anno
sexto.
They summoned John de Strotefeld to appear before them
and answer the charge of withholding the tithes of Strotefeldel.
In their presence and in that of the proctors of the monks, he
formally admitted that the tithes belonged to the abbey of
Fecamp, and swore that he would pay them to it in future m
full.
[1189-1219.] 148. Notification by Simon the, priest and the brethren and
(Cartulary, sisters of the hospital of St. Bartholomew, Rye (Rio) that they
fo. 39 bis.) jjg^^g received from Half abbot of Fecamp and the whole convent
the houses and chapel of the said hospital with their appurte-
nances and half a virgate of land in perpetual alms, saving the
rents, services, and aids due from that land to the abbey, for
which chapel they are to pay annually, as a pension, two
shillings sterling at Christmas, providing always that on Simon's
death, or his becoming a monk, the abbot and convent are to
appoint another priest, from their fraternity (coUegio) or from
another, if necessary, with the advice of the prudhommes of the
town, saving the right of the abbey and of the mother church.
If Simon and the brethren can obtain from the king a fair
(nundinas) at Ria, the abbey shall receive the toll of the whole
town and port while it lasts, and they will share with the
abbey [the profits of] the fair on their ground. Simon and the
brethren have sworn to observe this agreement strictly, and
they append their seal and that of the barons of Ria.
Testibus Vincentio de Ria ; Nigasio; Girrardo de Luvesham,
et multis aliis.
[1189-1219.] 149. Charter of Ralf abbot of Fecamp, confirming the above
(Cartulary, fo. aid.) charter, and releasing to the men of ^ye the custom called
aletal for 120 marcs which they paid to the abbey of Fecamp.
Testibus hiis : Gaufrido de Cruce, et aliis.
[1189-1219.] 150. Charter of Ralf, abbot of F6camp, granting to William
(Cartulary, fo. 35</.) gon of Herbert and Reginald his son and their heirs the mill
by the church of Staninges with an acre of land for making
a conduit (ague ductum) and a pool and a place for making
sluices and the mill croft, at fee farm, for forty- five shillings
a year, eleven shillings and three pence each quarter. And he
' Not in Monasticon list.
ABBEY OF F:fiCAMP. 53
[1189-1219.]
shall grind the wheat of the monk who is bailiff of the abbey
of Fecamp in England at Staninges without toll.
Teste universitate capituli nostri.
[N. D.] 151. Charter of John de Geatlinges confirming to the abbey
(Cartulary, fo. 8id.) of Fecamp all the tithes of five lands called " perjurate," which
are near Winchenesel to the east of Rye, for which land he has
done homage and fealty to the abbot and abbey. He and his
heirs are bound to pay twelve pence a year for them.
Hiis testibus : Radulfo de Ikelesham ; Girardo de Leuelesham ;
Elya de Ria ; Willermo de Genesinges, et multis aliis.
54
ABBEY OF ST. PETER, JUMIEGES,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP ROUEN.
[Original Documents in Archives of the Seine Inferieure.
Great Cartulary^ and Little Cartulary of the Abbey in same
Archives.]
1079.
^Ancient copy in
archives.
Trans. 12.)
[Ante 1083.]
(Cartulary.
Trans. 11.)
152, Charter^ of William I. confirming to the abbey of
Jumifeges all its possessions, and the charters of his predecessors.
He restores a wood which Roger de Montgomeri had taken
from it, and confirms its acquisitions during his reign, among
the benefactors named being Hugh bishop of Bayeux, William
count of Arques, William de Saccavilla, Richard count of Evreux,
Rodulf de Torniaco, Richard [de Clare] son of count Gilbert,
and Girard son of Anscharius.
153. Charter of William I. to the abbey of Jumieges (Gemme-
ticensis) confirming the gift by Rainald his chaplain, of the
land and gardens which he held at Bayeux (Baiocis) of
himself. The abbey is to hold it as free of all dues as did
Rainald and his predecessor Stephen. He does this because
Rainald has become a monk there.
Testimonio Mathildis mee conjugis regine, et Mauricii
cancellarii, et Willelmi de Bello fago, et Willelmi fratris ipsius
Rainaldi, et Odonis et Henrici capellanorum regine.
(Origina] sealed, 154^ Inspeximus by Edward I. May 21, 1283, of the
'cartuiiUT. following charters to the abbey of Jumieges : —
Trans. 213.)
[1078-1085.] Charter of William I. addressed to 0[smond] bishop [of
Salisbury] and E[dward] sheriiF of W[ilts] and W[illiam]
Hosatis {sic) and nil his lieges French and English. He has
granted to the abbey of Jumifeges, for the benefit of his soul
and Mathildis his wife's, the church of Winteburnestok and the
church of Cuntune, with all dues, as held by Odo the chaplain
and his predecessor in the days of king Edward. If anything
has been subtracted, it is: to be restored.
[1101-1106.] Charter of Henry I. addressed to Anselra archbishop of
Canterbury, William bishop of Winchester, Henry de Portu the
sheriff", and all his lieges of Hampshire. He grants to the
' Circ. 1220, but written in different hands.
^ Clearly spurious in its present form.
ABBEY OF JUMISGES.
55
[1101-1106.]
abbey of Jumifeges Haringeia and all its appurtenances, with
all privileges. No one is to encroach on this [benefaction].
Teste Roberto comite de Mellent, et Henrico comite de Warwic
et Eoberto filio Ham[onis], et Ricardo de Retviers, et Roberiio
filio Anschetilli. Apud Wincestr[i]am in pascha.
[1155.] Charter of Henry II. addressed to his justices and sheriffs of
Southamptonshire. He grants free-warren to the abbot of
Jumifeges in his land of Hayling as in the time of Henry I.
No one, without his permission, is to hunt or take the hare
under penalty.
Teste Roberto de Dunest^[anvilla], apud Brug[iam] in
obsidione.
[Circ. 1155.] Charter of Henry II. addressed to his justices and officers
throughout England. They are to hand over to the abbot and
monks of Jumi^ges all their fugitives and neifs (nativos) who
escaped after the death of Henry I., wherever they may be
found. No one is to keep them back under penalty.
Teste Reg[inaldo] comite Corn[ubie]. Apud Broke[n]hest.
[1100-1107.]
(Great Cartularj",
No. 214.
Trans. 50.)
[1107-1120.]
(Great Cartulary,
No. 292.
Trans. 51.)
[1139-1142.]
(Great Cartulary,
No. 505.
Trans. 330.)
155. Writ of Henry I. addressed to Gilbert de Aquila and
WiUiam the chamberlain de Tancarvilla. He does not claim
any due on the great fish (crasso pisse) captured at QuillebcEuf
{Ghilebeof} and will restore to the abbot, as soon as he returns
to Normandy, what was taken on his behalf. They are to right
the abbot against the men who wronged him.
Testibus : comite de Mell[ent] ; Ricardo de Reddvers, et Rogero
Bigot. Apud Westmonast[erium].
156. Writ of Henry I. addressed to William archbishop of
Rouen, and Robert de Candos, and all his lieges of the Roumois
(Roidtneis). He has given and granted to the abbey of
Jumifeges the land of Dudela in the forest of Roumare, and
Robert is to give seisin.
Testibus Rannulfo cancellario, et Willelmo camerario, et
WiUelmo de Albini, et Nigello de Albini, et Walter[io] filio
Ansgerii. Apud Cadomum.
157. Charter of Henry, bishop of Winchester. The churches
of Winchester and Jumieges (GeinTneticensis) being at strife
concerning the right to a portion of Hailinges island, which
the church of Jumieges had long possessed, he and the whole
of the brethren {oonventusfratrum) of the church of Winchester,
overlooking the said strife, grant at the prayer of pope Innocent
and in consideration of the poverty of the church of Jumieges,
the said portion of the island to that church as its possession
for ever, and will never again stir up strife concerning it.
Testibus : S[tephano] rege Anglorum ; Theobaldo Cantua,rensi
archiepiscopo ; Jocelino Wintoniensi archidiacono ; Hilario
Christi ecclesie decano ; Henrico cancellario episcopi ; Willelmo
de Ponte archarum camerario regis, et aliis multis.
'■ Trans.: " Dunestr."
56
ABBEY OF JUMIfiGBS.
[1150.]
(Great Cartulary,
No. 506.
Trans. 324.)
158. Letter from Theobald archbishop of Canterbury and
primate of all England to his venerable brother and friend
H[enry] the bishop of Winchester. The monks of Jumieges
have lately approached him, imploring him to bear witness to the
truth as to the agreement made, in his presence, between Henry
and them as to the land of Haringeia. He therefore states
simply what he remembers concerning it, saving his [Henry's]
peace. His recollection is that, for the peaceful and quiet
possession of the land, the monks promised him to pay 100
marcs, of which Henry, if he will kindly remember, remitted
20. Of any other undertaking given him, neither Theobald
nor any of those who were present have any recollection. He
bears witness to what he heard. May Henry, therefore, be
pleased to approve what so many witnesses declare to have
been done, and may God grant him eternal bliss.
1147, 13 April.
(Cartulary.
Trans. 302.)
159. Letter of Pope Eugenius HI. addressed to Eustace
"abbot of Jumieges &c. confirming (inter alia) in England the
greater part of the island called Halangeia, in churches and
tithes of the whole island, [and] at Withebornestoche [and]
Chenton two churches with tithes and lands ....
Data per manum Hugonis presbyteri cardinalis agentis vicem
domini Guidonis diaconi cardinalis et cancellarii, idus Aprilis,
indictione x., incarnationis dominice anno Moc°XLVllo, pontifi-
catus vero domini Eugenii pape anno iii° (sic)}
[1169-1180.]
(Original.
Great Cartulary,
No. 508.
Trans. 118.)
160. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
freedom from all tolls throughout his land of England and
Normandy, to the monks of Jumieges (Gemmetico) and their
own servants and to all that is for the use of their church.
Testibus R[otrodo] archiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; Henrico
Baiocensi, Egidio Ebroicensi, episcopis ; comite Willelmo de
Mandevilla; Ricardo de Humeto constabulario ; Roberto de
Stutevilla. Apud Rothomagum.
[Circ. 1174.] 161. Charter of Henry II. to the abbey of Jumieges.
(Origiuai, sealed. Printed in Monasticon Anqlicanum, VI. 1087-8.
m archives. "^
Trans. 130. Great Cartulary, No. 505. Little Cartulary, fo. lOlrf.)
[1175-1183.]
(Great Cartulary,
No. 228.
Trans. 127.)
162. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and others. He has given and granted to Richard de
Malapalude a clerk of his and of master Walter of Coutances
(Constantiensis) his clerk and liegeman the church of Marevilla,
which he gave him while the abbey of Jumieges, to which it
belongs, was in his hands, and the presentation in his gift,
The said Richard, clerk to himself and to the said master
Walter, treasurer of Rouen cathedral and archdeacon of Oxford
(Oxenii) is to hold it with all its rights.
' See Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft etc. (Hannover) VII., 92.
ABBEY OF JUMIEGES. 67
[1175-1183.]
Testibus: G[aufrido] Eliensi, et E[eginaldo] Bathoniensi,
episcopis ; Willelmo filio Radulfi ; Seher[io] de Quinci ; Hugone
de Creissi ; Fulcone Painell[o] ; Roberto de Mortuomari. Apud
Oenoraannum.^
1195, 18 Jan. 163. Charter of Eichard I. addressed generally. He gives
(Ori^nalin to the abbey of Jumieges Conteville, to be held in [frank]
Trans^°i64*^ See almoin, in exchange for Pont de I'Arche which the abbot and
Delisle's Cartuiaire monks giant him excepting the church, on condition that, out
Normand, No. 255.) of the rent of ConteviUe they pay him 20 pounds of Anjou a
year at his Exchequer.
Testibus : Willelmo filio Radulfi tunc senescallo Normannie ;
Roberto de Harecort; Willelmo Marescallo ; Willelmo de
Trublevilla ; Ricardo de Montig[ni]o ; Willelmo de Martign[io]
et pluribus aliis. Data per manum Willelmi Elyensis episcopi
canceUarii nostri xviij. die Januarii apud Londam, anno vj. regni
nostri.
[1198, 28 Aug.] 164. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He gives
(Gre^ Cartulary, jq q^q abbey of Jumieges a market (forum) at Durcher every
Tuesday.
Testibus hiis : W[illelmo] filio Radulfi tunc senescallo
Normannie ; (Baldwino comite Albemarl[ie] ; Hugone de Cornai
(sic) ; Luca filio Johannis ;)^ Baldwino et Juhello capellanis
nostris ; magistro Roscelino, et pluribus aliis. Datum per manum
E[ustachii] Elyensis episcopi cancellarii nostri apud Rupem
Andel[iaci] xxviij. die Augusti, anno ix" regni nostri.
' Coufirmed by Eotrou archbishop of Bouen in No. 229, and by Robert abbot
of Jumieges in No. 230.
" Deyille's transcript (No. 173), -which is taken from an original in the archiyes
of the Seine Inferieure, omits these three names, -which are here talsen from the
Cartulary.
58
ABBEY OF ST. WANDRILLE,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OF ROUEN.
[Cartulary in Archives of the Seine Infiriev/re. Also
MS. lat. 5425, in Bibliotheque Rationale}]
1074. 165. Charter of William [I] the glorious king of the
(Cartulary, u. i., 16. English and unconquered coimt of the Normans, reciting that
Trans. 10.) ^j^^^ ahhey of St. Wandrille claimed certain rights in the forest
of Caudebec, &c. of the gift of his grandfather count Richard,
as in the time of ablbot Girard, to which rights count William
of Evreux objected, each side appealing to trial by battle
(campi pugna); and notifying that, in order that a church
case might not be settled by human blood, he has, by counsel of
his nobles (principuTn meorum consilio) made peace on the
terms that count William should befriend the brethren, and
allow them, as of the king's gift, wood sufficient for their needs,
the conditions of taking it being specified. Further provision
for the pasturing of the abbey's cattle and feeding of its swine
in the forest.
Actum feliciter castro Juliebone anno ab incamatione
domini millesimo MOLXXoiiii", indictione xiio, residente in sede
Romans papa Gregorio anno ijo qui erat gloriosi Anglorum
[regis] Willelmi annus adepti regni viij", Guiberti^ abbatis in
abbacia xij°.
Signa — Willelmi regis Anglorum ; Rotberti filii regis ; Willelmi
filii regis ; Willelmi Ebroicensis comitis ; Goiffredi filii Guidonis* ;
Rogeri de Montgommeri*; Rogeri de Belmont ; Guidonis^ dapiferi.
from original.)
[1060-1080.] 166. Charter of Roger de Belmont giving to the abbey
(MS. lat. 5425, (ecclesie) of St. Wandrille and the brethren there serving Christ
T, °Uo.!nai -i the churches of Mana, Asnebec, and Faveroles and all the
tithes of these churches, both from his own [demesne] and
from all his men and mills and daily toll and annual fairs, and
from his own food (nutrimento) of every kind, from his
pannage and wood rent (censu) and his fulling mill ; also one
ploughland, and the tithe of the increase that God shall give
him in these places. This gift he puts on the altar.
1 A volume of 17th century transcripts from the original charters.
2 " Girberti " in Cartulary. 3 " Eudonis " in Cartulary.
■* " Montegomeri " in Cartulary.
ABBEY OF ST. WANDRILLB.
59
[1111-1118.]
(Cartulary, L. ii., 4
Trans. 44.)'
[Circ. 1130.]
(Cartulary,
H. ii., 40.)
[1060-1080.]
Testibus : filiis meis Roberto et Henrico ; Guillermo
Crispino ; Roberto de Veteri Ponte ; Guillermo de Tornebusc ;
Norman no Pinnart ; Rogero Bigot, et multis aliis.
[Signa] Rogerii de Belmont ; Roberti filii ejus ; Henrici.
167. Charter of Henry I. [as king of the English and duke
of the Normans] addressed generally. He notifies that, in
the presence of himself and his barons, Girold^ abbot of St.
Wandrille and his monks have granted Werelwast^ (Verlwast),
at ferm, to William* bishop of Lisieux for his life, on condition
that it shall revert to them at his death, as in the year that
William I. died.
Testibus : Goifirido Rothomagensi archiepiscopo, et Rann[ulf o]^
cancellario, et Eustachio comite de Bolonia, et Roberto comite
de MeuUent, et Eudone® dapifero, et Ham[one]' dapifero, et
Roberto de Bello campo ; Goifirido filio Pagani ; Waltero
de Vernone, et Godardo pistrina, et Heltone de Sancto
Wandregesilio, et Alano de Alicheri villa, eb Willelmo filio
Ansgerii, et Willelmo filio Oini, et Willelmo filio Godefridi, et
Atselino de Bosco Gerardi. Apud Rothomagum.
168. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and all his ofiicers of Normandy. He grants to St.
Wandrille and abbot Alan that their market which used to be
held at St. Wandrille on Saturday shall be held at Caldebec
on S\inday. And all those coming thither shall enjoy his
peace coming and going, giving the right dues. Ten pounds
penalty for infringement of this charter.
T[estibus] : Johanne episcopo Lexoviensi ; Audino episcopo
Ebroicensi ; et R[oberto] de sigillo, et comite de Auco Henrico,
et R[oberto] de Haia, et G[aufrido] filio Pagani, et Anselino
vicecomite, apud Dyopam in transitu meo.
169. Writ of Henry I. addressed to R[abel] de Tan[carvilla]
and all his barons and lieges of Calz. The men of Lillebonne
(Insula bona) and of all Normany are to give the same dues
to the a,bbot of St. Wandrille and his officers at Caldebec on
Tuesday as they used to give at St. Wandrille when the
market now removed to Caldebec, was there. No one is to
withhold these rightful dues.
T[estibus] : R[oberto] de Ver, et W[illelmo] filio Odonis, apud
sanctum Wand[regesilum].
[1144-1150.] 170. Charter of Geoffrey duke of Normandy and count of
(Cartuiary,.T. i., 7.) Aujou addressed to the archbishop of Rouen and to all his
oflBcers and lieges. At the advice and with the consent of
Henry his son, he restores to the monks of St. Wandrille all
tithes and endowments (elemosinas) in wheat and in money
and in all else as they held them in the time of king Henry [I.],
the tenth week (decimam ebdomadaruTn) of his toll[s] at
' Deyille's reading of this charter is very had. ' Trans. : " Gerardus."
^ Trans. : " Wariewast." ■• Rectius : " John :'- * Trans. : " Kanuero."
« Trans. : " Odone." ' Trans. : " Hameri."
[1130-1135.]
(Cartulary,
H. ii., 41.)
60
ABBEY OF ST. WANDRILLB.
[1144-1150.]
Rouen, and whatever they had at Arques and at Dieppe,
etc. in the year king Henry was alive and dead.
Testibus: Eicardo cancellario; Roberto de Novoburgo ;
R[oberto] de Corceio ; Alexandre de Boh[un]. Apud
Argenthomum.
[1154-5.] 171. Charter of Gualeran count of Meulan {Mellensis),
(Cartulary, L. i., 4.) narrating that he has founded at Watteville before the gates of
his castle a chapel in honour of the Virgin Mary to be served
by a vicar appointed by the monks of St. WandriUe. The
charter is attested by his sons Robert and Gualeran, his wife
Agnes, William de Pino, Adam, Ralf de Mannavilla.
Actum est hoc anno incarnati Verbi mocoliiiio, Adriani pape
anno 1°, Henrici vero regis secundi Anglorum et ducis Normann-
orum et Aquitanorum et comitis Andegavorum annoregniprinio.
1157.
(MS. lat. 5423,
fo. 163,
from original,
with two seals.)
[1156-1175 ]
(Original in
archives.
Cartulary, T. i., 20 ;
and MS. lat. 5425,
fo. 94 from original.
Trans. 114.)
172. Agreement between the abbey of St. WandriUe and Hugh
de Gomaio concerning certain lands and rights in Normandy.
Hec pactio facta est anno ab incarnationi Domini MCLVII.
regnante Rege Henrico juniore anno iii. etc. apud Rothomagum
ill cimiterio Sancti Audoeni, presentibus abbatibus donno
Rogero Sancti Wandragesili et donno Rogero Sancto Audoeni et
domino Hugone de Gomaio. Hujus pactionis sunt testes etc.
. . . . ex parte domini Hugonis : Hugo Talebot ; Willelmus
de Sancto Lecheeni; Anthelmus de Montegnei; Robertus de
Maregnei ; Bartholomeus Dallage ; Hugo Davesnes ; Olivier (sic)
Dage, et Saueri et Willelmus Hoese.
173. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He confirms
to the abbey of St. WandriUe and its monks 40 shillings a year
which William de Calcia, by permission of William his son and
Mathildis his wife gave them.
Testibus : Ricardo de Humeto constabulario ; Willelmo de
Curci dapifero ; Rogero de Turre. Apud Argentonum.
[1142-1154.] 174. Charter of Jo[celin] bishop of Salisbury. He confirms
(Cartulary, s. i., 2, to the abbot of St. WandriUe and the whole convent for ever
*° from original. ^^^ *^® churclies and other possessions which belong to it in his
Trans. 348.) diocese, namely the church of Witchercha, the church of
Bridiport, the church of Britidon, the church of Hupanena,
with its chapels and other appurtenances, — the chapel of
Magheuneford with its appurtenances, the church of Sorestan,
with its chapels and appurtenances. Those who assail this
charter are denounced, and those who uphold it blessed.
[1165-1178.] 175, Charter of J[ocelin] bishop of Sahsbury notifying that,
on the resignation of He[r]bert precentor of Bayeux, and at the
request of A[nsfred] abbot of St. WandriUe and the convent,
who present him, he has received his dear son Robert of Bayeux
as parson of the church of Upavon (Huphanensi) and has
executed this institution that he may ever enjoy that church in
peace and quietness.
(Cartulary S,
Trans. 343.)
ABBEY OP ST. WANDRILLE.
61
[1175-1182.]
(Cartulary, T. i., 5.
Trans. 224.)
[1180-1189.]
(Cartulary.
Trans. 113.)
176. Writ of Henry II. addressed to his justices, vicomtes
and bailiffs of Normandy. The abbey of St. Wandrille
( Wandregisilus) and its abbot and monks are to hold all their
possessions as freely as they held them on the day he last
left Caen to cross over to England and are not to be impleaded
for any tenement they then held, except before him, and they
and their men and all their substance are to be protected.
Teste magistro Waltero Constantiensi archidiacono Oxeneford,
apud Valonias.
177. Writ of Henry II., addressed to William de Humeto.
The monks of St. Wandrille are to enjoy their benefactions in
his land as freely as his charter witnesses. If he does not see
to it, the king's justice will.
Teste comite Willelmo de Mandevilla, apud Bumm.
[1181-1188.]
(Cartulary.
Trans. 123.)
[1196-1205.]
(Cartulary,
B. iii., 6., and MS.
lat., 5425, fo. 78,
from original.
Trans. 407.)
178. Charter of Henry II., addressed generally. The dis-
pute between the abbot and convent of St. Wandrille and
Jeremias de Eglesfeld clerk, concerning the church of Eglesfeld,
and the chapels belonging, to it, namely those of Seffled and
Wradeffeld and Wiltan, and the abbot's lay fee in Eglesfeld and
its appurtenances has been thus terminated before him by
permission and assent of the chapter of St. Wandrille, namely
that Jeremias has quit-claimed to the abbot and convent the
rights of parson (persoriatus) which he said he had in the said
church and chapels and all the hereditary right he claimed
in the abbot's lay fee, while the abbot, by assent of his con-
vent, has granted to Jeremias the rights of perpetual vicar
(vicariaTn) of that church, namely, the third of the whole
church and of the chapel and of all oflferings and everything
belonging to it in frank almoin. He has also granted him two-
thirds of the church and chapels, to be held at ferm for his life
witli all his lay fee and everything belonging to him for 20 marcs
of silver annually at Michaelmas. This agreement and fine be-
tween them, made before the king, is to remain firmly established.
Testibus hiis^ : lJunelme[n]si, Johanne Norwic[ensi],
episcopis ; comite Willelmo Susexie ; Ranulfo de GlanviUa ;
Willelmo de Humeto constabulario ; Waltero filio Roberti ;
Seherio de Quinci ; Willelmo Marescallo ; Gaufredo filio pacc'^ ;
Ricardo de Canville. Apud Gartiatonam.
179. Letters Patent of ^\'illiam Longuepee, son of king
Henry, earl of Salisbury notifying that he has given to the
church of St. Mary, Brandenestoke and the canons there
serving God the church of Rogierville in Normandy in alms for
ever, with all its appurtenances, liberties, and free customs, in
wood and plain, in roads and paths, and in everything.
Hiis testibus : Henrico de Berneriis ; Roberto de Vallibus ;
Roberto* Ebroic[ensi] ; Hugone de Bemeriis ; Willelmo Talebot ;
■ Probably for " Hfugone]."
a " Gerbert " in MS. lat
2 Error for " filio Petri."
62
ABBEY OP ST. WANDRILLE.
[1196-1205.]
[1196-1205.]
(Cartolary,
K. iii., 4. Trans.
323," and MS. lat.
5425, fo. 78 from
original, sealed in
brown wax on
green and white
cord.)
[1196-1205.]
(Cartulary,
K. iii., 5.
Trans. 408.)
[1194-1217.]»
(Cartulary.
Tran.i. 349.)
Ada de Vallibus ; Willelmo Boterel ; magistro Berengerio ;
Galfredo Vitulo; Willelmo de Oaiief[? elda]i ; Willelmo
Trebaldo^ ; Garino de Wiabume ; Johanno Bouet,^ et multis aliis.
Seal described in MS. Lat. as nearly perfect, representing the earl on horseback,
with lion rampant on his shield and on mantling of his horse. Legend : Sigillum
WiLLELMi LoNGESPBiE .... Gounterscal, with sword sheathed in pale and
same legend.
180. Charter of Walter archbishop of Rouen. At the
earaest entreaty of William Longespee, earl of Salisbury, and
on the resignation of Roger de Rogiervilla, he gives to St.
Mary of Bradenestok, and the canons there serving God the
church of Rogiervilla with all its appurtenances for ever to be
applied to their own uses, saving pontifical rights and those of
the vicar [which are] to be bestowed by himself and his
successors on whom they will for ever.
Testibus : magistro Symone cancellario ; magistro Johanne
de Villera,^ Willelmo de Brueriis, et Ricardo Hayr^ canonicis
Rothomagensibus ; Ricardo de Gillarville ; Ansello de Augo ;
Roberto de Sancto Nicholao capellano ; Laurentio clerico, et
multis aliis.
181. Letter from William Longuepee, earl of Salisbury to
W[alter] archbishop of Rouen. It is his right, as the archbishop
knows, to present a parson to the church of Rogierville ; and, as
he wishes to promote [the] holy religion, and to support true
charity, he presents to the archbishop, by his letters patent and
their bearer, his canons of Brandenest[oc]' to the said church of
Rogierville. As he is hindered by the business of the king his
brother from coming in his own person, he beseeches the arch-
bishop (vos)^ as his dearest lord and father, most earnestly, to
receive, of his charity, the said canons [as parson of] the said
church, if he kindly will, for his [Walter's] weal and that
of all his friends, knowing it to be true that the canons of
Brandenest[oc],^ joyously and most devotedly, share with all poor
folk, in their compassion, such endowments (bona) as they can
acquire; and they will faithfully serve him and his in all
obedience. May his holiness fare well in the Lord.
182. Charter of H[erbert] bishop of Salisbury and the
chapter. They receive R. the worshipful abbot of St.
Wandrille as a brother and canon, and all his successors
[likewise], bestowing on them, by the name of prebend, to their
own uses for ever the church of Upavon {Ouphanena) with
all its appurtenances.
' " de Ranefri," ibid. ^ " Teodebaldo," ibid. 3 « Bonet," ibid.
* M. Deyille, imagining the earl to be a brother of Henry II., appended a, note
impugning the authenticity of the charter on chronological grounds. But he was a
son, not a brother, of the king.
6 "Vilars"inMS. lat. « " de Hayr," iW.
' Transcript in error. : " Brandenestier." « Transcript in error • " nos ''
9 1194-1207, if abbot E[eginald] ; 1207-1217, if abbot E[oger].
63
ABBEY OF ST. JOHN, FOUCARMONT,
FOR CISTERCIAN MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP ROUEN.
[OrigiTval Documents in Archives of the Seine Inf^rieure and
in Pvhlic Libraries of Rouen and Neufchdtel. Cartulary^ in
Public Library of Rouen, Y. 13.]
[1140-1148.] 183. Charter of Richard, son of earl Gilbert [of Pembroke].
(Cartulary, f o. 87d.) He grants to the abbey of Foucarmont what he has acquired,
or' may acquire, by purchase or at f erm, in the fief of Garini-
pratum or Fraisnellum, free of multure, of corvSes (corveiis)
and all other dues, save only the service of the vavassors,
etc.2
Testes sunt : Robertus de Bosco Rohardi ; Rogerus de
Wanchi ; Hosbertus de Grueniu ; Radulf us de Luci. JPredictam
autem quietantiam a moltura, quam ego feci, sub eisdem testibus
fecit et Radulfus presbiteri filius.
1155.
(Original in
Nenfchdtel Library.
Also Cartulary,
fo. 87.
Trans. 198.)
184. Charter of the empress Mathildis, daughter of king
Henry, addressed to all her lieges of Normandy. She grants
and confirms the alms which Oelard de Cleis has given the
church of St. John of Foucarmont {Folcardivions) in her presence,
namely his whole fee of Garini-prata, etc., and two- thirds of the
tithe in the rest of his fee. If he cannot warrant this alms to
the brethren, he is to restore to the church the nine pounds
in doney of Beauvais which he had from it.
His testibus : Rogerio de Kailli ; WiUelmo de Helion ;
Galtero de Giosnis ; Galtero filio Emualdi. Apud Rothomagum,
anno ab incamatione domini MCLV.
[1155-1164.] 185. Charter of William, brother of Henry king of England,
(Cartulary, fo. 36.) addressed generally. He grants to St. John of Foucarmont
and the monks there serving God a house (mansio) in the town
of Dieppe (Deppa) given by Ralf Pichot and Amfria his wife,
free from all lay service, specially from tolls ut infra.
His testibus : Alano de Falasia ; Hugone de Cressi ; Ludone,'
filio Emisii ; Ricardo Britone ; WiUelmo de Unemaisnil.* Apud
Burgum Chardi.
' Early 13th century.
2 This is preceded in the Cartulary hy a charter of his mother, Isabel, "wife of
Earl Gilbert," who confirms his gift.
3 Keotius : " Eudone."
* The p^ialty of ten pounds for infringement of the charter is inserted here.
64
ABBEY OF FOTTCARMONT.
[1158-1162.] 186. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He confirms
(Originalin to tlie abbey of Foucarmont (FulcardiTnonte) the gifts of
Cartularyl^o. 3.<?. Henry count of Eu and count John, his son, including the
Trans. 111.) tithe of all the latter's acquisitions in England; of Rainald
and Roger de Septemmol[endinis] and Amabilis their mother, of
Walter de Sancto Amando, of Robert of Eu {A'uugi), of Thomas
and Rainald de Sancto Leodegario, of Roger Baillol (confirmed
by Robert de Fanencort), of Robert de Hastinguis and Isabel his
wife and Avelina mother of Isabel, of William de Pormort and
Girard his son, of Ralf de Salsomara, of Ralf de Novavilla,
of William count of Albemarle, of Richard [de Clare] son
of earl Gilbert [of Pembroke], William the Chamberlain de
Tancarvilla, of Hugh and William de Sancto Germano (con-
firmed by Hugh de Mortuomari), and of other benefactors in
!N ormandy.
Teste (sic) Hugone Dunelmensi episcopo ; Thoma cancellario ;
Ranulfo abbate de Bill owes ; Gaufrido regis capellano ; Girardo
vicedomino de Pinchonio ; Ricardo scriptore. Per manum
Stephani de Fulgeris scriptoris, apud Rothomagum.
[1155-1189.] 187. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
(Cartulary, fo. 35rf.) fcbatall the substance of the monks of Foucarmont which their
men can declare {affidare) to belong to them shall be free from
all dues. Ten pounds penalty for infringement.
Teste canonic[o]^ (sic), apud Rothomagum.
[1165-1167.] 188. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Cartulary; io. 35rf.) Rouen and all his ofiicers of Normandy, He confirms to the
abbey of Foucarmont the gift of Gilbert de Sartis.
Testibus : M[atilde] imperatrice ; Gaufrido archidiacono
Cantuariensi ; Richardo de Humeto constabulario ; Hugone de
Longo campo ; Hugone de Pirariis. Apud Pratum.
[1165-1173.] 189. Writ of Henry II. addressed to his justices, vicomtes,
(Cartulary, fo. 35d.) and all his ofiicers and lieges of Normandy. The abbot and
monks of Foucarmont are to hold in peace and to pay their
ferms according to the standard (mensv/ra) current when those
fermswere fixed.
Teste Gaufrido archidiacono Cantuariensi, apud Rothomagum.
[1178-1182.] 190. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Cartulary, fo. 35.) Rouen and his officers of Normandy, Confirming donations to
the abbey of Foucarmont at Dieppe, including one from his
brother William, to be held free of tolls on herrings, mackerel,
ling (muleverorum) from " melagia,^' from " botagium," and from'
all secular dues.
Testibus : Waltero de Constantiis thesaurario ; magistro
Joscelino Ciscestrensi archidiacono ; comite Willelmo, de
Mandevilla ; Willelmo filio Radulfi senescallo ; Alvredo de Sancto
Martino. Datum apud Beccum.
' ?"Canc[eUario]."
ABBEY OF FOUCARMONT. 65
[1181-1188.] 191. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He confirms
[? Jan, 1185.] to the abbey of Foucarmont certain small benefactions in
(Original in archives. Normandy.
Trans7i 12.) ' Testibus : H[ugone] Dunelmensi episcopo ; Kanulf o de Glan villa ;
Bertranno de Verdun ; Hugone de Morewic dapifero ; Rannulfo
de Gedding'. Apud Merleburgam.
[1185-9.] 192. Charter of Henry II. " et comes Augensis "^ addressed
(Vi'dmMs in archives, generally. He confirms to the abbey of Foucarmont (Fuchardi-
^ TranJ;^iio.f ^" ™onte) the gifts of Hugh and Rotrou, archbishops of Rouen, of
Henry count of Eu, of Reginald de Meduana (confirmed by
charter of Richard [de Clare] son of earl Gilbert), of John
count of Eu, of earl Richard [of Pembroke], confirmed by the
countess Isabel [his mother] wife of earl Gilbert [of Pembroke],
of Geoffrey de Augo, by consent of his wife Agnes, his son
Luke and his daughter Ermengarde, and many other benefactors
in Normandy.
Testibus : B[aldwino] Cantuariensi, et W[altero] Rothoma-
gensi archiepiscopis ; H[enrico] Baiocensi, J[ohanne] Ebroicensi,
R[adulfo] Lexoviensi, W[illelmo] Constantiensi, episcopis;
comite WUlelmo de Mandevilla ; R[oberto] comite Legr[ecestrie] ;
et multi alii (sic), Willelmo de Humeto constabulario ; Willelmo
filio Radulfi senescallo Normannie; Seherio de Quinci; Hugone
de Cressi ; R[oberto] de Harrelecort^ (sic) ; Alvredo de Sancto
Martino ; Willelmo de Mara. Apud Argent[onum].
1198. 193. Charter of William Marshal. By the wish and with
(Original, sealed, in the assent of Isabel his wife, he grants the gift [specified] which
^'^''t^sIcs]"™' ^^^^^ *^^ physician has made to the abbey of Foucarmont and
Cartulary, fo. 72<i.) the monks there serving God for the support of the poor.
Testibus : magistro Malgerio thesaurario Normannie ;
Eustachio capellano ; Johanne Marescallo, Johanue de
Erleia, Willelmo Walerano, militibus ; Willelmo de Hercuria ;
Osberto camerario. Actum apud Meullers, anno incarnationis
domini M°(f nonagesimo octavo.
[Cire. 1 200.] 194. Charter of William Marshal, earl of Pembroke (Penbroc)
(Cartulary, fo. 161.) addressed generally. Of his charity he gives to the monks of
Foucarmont a quit-claim of three shillings and four pence
of Anjou for a purchase in Orbec (Aunbeccwm).
His testibus: Willelmo Martel; Johanne de Erleia; Alano
Martel ; Roberto filio Pagani ; Henrico Husato ; Willelmo
Ralerando,* Willelmo de Herecort, et multis aliis.
1203, 31 May. 195. Writ of John, addressed to his officers generally and
(Original in archives, specially those of seaports. He grants and confirms to the
Transf i89.f ''^ "ionks of Foucarmont {Focardi Mons) that everything that they
and their lay brethren can declare to be their own shall be quit,
throughout his dominions, of toll and all dues. Ten pounds
penalty for infringement of this grant.
Teste meipso apud Pontem Arche xxxj, die Mali anno regni
nostri quinto.
' These words not in Cartulary. " " Harrewecort," in Cartulary.
' Sic. Bectius : "Walerando."
e 92684. " E
66
ABBEY OF ST. GEORGES DE
BOCHERVILLE,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OF ROUEN.
[Original Documents in Archives of Seine InfMeure.
Cartulary in Public Library of Rouen, Y. 52,]
1114. 196. Charter^ of Henry I. [as king of the English anc
(Cartulary, fo. 58. duke of the Normans] addressed generally. He confirm!
Trans. 31.) ^^ y^^ ^^^^^ ^j g^_ Georges de Bocherville the gifts of his
father king William and his mother queen Maud, and o:
others in their time, including Turstin son of Rol (sic), Walte:
de Bee, and Ealf [de Tancarvilie] his father's chief chamberlain
who built the church there at his own cost, and endowed it
also William de Pa.vilHaco and Hugh his brother. He furthe:
grants all that the sons of Ealf [de Tancarvilie], Ralf, 'Nigel
and WiUiam, and Avicia their mother gave or sold to the church
together with other benefactions including those of Walter d(
Belmes and Robert de Cantelupo. And he renews his father"
grant of quittance on both sides the sea.
Afterwards, in the year 1114, William [de Tancarvilie] hi
chamberlain, son to the above Ralf, wishing to further endo\
the said church, besought him to let it be made an abbey, t
which he consented, confirming the gifts made by William witl
consent of his sons (sic) Eabel, and Robert and Lucy [gift
enumerated]. And in England he gave Avesbiria, of xxii
pounds ; in Wintrebuma, near Salisbury, vii. pounds of ren
(librarias), that is, its third part ; in Cadecoma a rent of 5'
shillings. Moreover, the king himself gives the church of Heilii
as R[ichard] bishop of London held it, and as William [d
Tancarvilie] received it of the king's gift, and the land c
Weston Ix. pounds of rent (librarias), as William gave it ; also th
limd which G[eofFrey] son of Payn gave it, Ixx. pounds of renti
Avesbiria and Herebiria. And the land near the abbey acquire
by exchange is to be as free as that given for it. He give
moreover rights in the forest of Roumiire, and freedom froi
dues on both sides the sea.
[Signa] Henrici regis Anglorum ; Gaufridi archiepisco]
Rothomagi (sic) ; Johannis episcopi Lexoviensis ; Rogerii Coi
stanciensis episcopi ; Willelmi camerarii : Rabelli camerar
filii ; Godefridi filli Pagani ; Ewardi de Salesberiis.
1 Text doubtful in its present form. ^ " ixii " in Cartulai;}'.
ABBEY OF ST. GEORGES DE BOCHERVILLE. 67
[? 1131.] 197. Charter of Henry I., addressed to the archbishop of
(Cartulary, fo. 62. Rouen and others. He confirms to the abbey of St. Georges
rans. .) ^^ Bocherville (Panchervilla) the gifts following : those [in
Normandy] of Gfeofirey son of Payn ; twenty shillings sterling
from the land of John de Buesemuncellis in England ; a marc of
silver from the land of Roger de Pavelli in England ; a marc of
silver from the land of Walter de Crasmaisnil in England; and
ten shillings of Rouen (Bothomag') from the land of Geofirey
de Limesi, and twelve shillings from the land of Miles de
Languetot, from a tenant (hostagio) of his in Tr^port (ulterinis
portihihs), and twelve shillings from the land of William de
Freschenis, from two of his vavassors at Eslettes (Lecdis), as all
these gifts have been made by permission of Rabel de Tancharvilla,
his chamberlain.
Testibus : Johanne Lexoviensi episcopo, et Roberto de Haia,
et Gaufrido filio Pagani [et metetariam quam dedit Gibertus.]^
Apud Archas in transitu meo.
[Circ. 1129.] 198. Writ of Henry I. [as king of the English and duke
(Cartulary, fo. 6 Id. of the Normans], addressed to his vicowdes and bailiffs
rans. .) (ministri) of Lillebonne and Oonteville. The monk of St.
Martin is to eujoy the benefaction of his father king William,
namely four pounds in the vicoTute of Lillebonne (Juliahone) ;
and his boat is to enjoy the same freedom on the Risle and at
Risledif as in the time of king William.
Testibus : Roberto de sigillo ; Willelmo camerario, et G[auf rido]
filio Pagani. Apud Sanctam Walburgam.
[1115-1129.] 199. Charter of Henry I. addressed generally. He grants to
(Original in archives, q^q abbey of St. Georges de Bocherville (Bauquervilht), in all
Trans.'si 48.) ' ^^^ ^^'^'^ '^^ both sides of the sea, that all its own goods shall
be free of tolls and other dues throughout his demesne, and
in [traversing] forests or markets, and on the river Seine, and
in seaports. In England its men are to be quit of shire and
hundred courts, hidage^ and all other claims at Avebury
(Avesberia) and Weston, which belonged to his demesne, and
from all other dues.
Testibus : Bernardo episcopo de Sancto D[avid]* et Johanne
Lexoviensi episcopo, et Willelmo camerario de Tanquarvilla, et
G[aufrido] filio Pagani. Apud Winton[iam].*
[1115-1129.] 200. Charter of Henry I [as king of the English and duke
(Cartulary, fo. 64. of the Normans] addressed generally. He grants to the new
Trans. 35.) abbey of St. Georges de Bocherville {Bauquervilla) his part of
Bemeval, in the further part of his forest of Fecamp, that the
monks may possess it and have what they need from the forest
of Fecamp, together with quittance for one ship at Estrutart.
as William the chamberlain de Tanquarvilla used to have of
his own right, which right he gave the monks by the king's
permission. The abbey is to have full jurisdiction over its
■ The words here placed within brackets are an evident interpolation.
■? Cart. : " hilgadagiis." ' Tratif. 9,i : " S'" desid." " Cart. : " Wmtone.
E 2
68 ABBEY OF ST. GEORGES DE BOCHERVILLE.
[1115-1129.] ~
men in that port, and wreckage (werec) whosesoever it may be
and its tenants there are to enjoy the same liberties by lan(
and in seaports as the king's demesne tenants at Estrutart.
Testibus : Johanne episcopo Lexoviensi, et B[ernardo] episcop(
de Sancto D[avid],i et Drochone de Monci, et Willelmt
camerario de Tanquarvilla, et Gaufrido filio Pagani. Apuc
Eothomagum.
[1151-1154.] 201. Charter of Henry duke of the Normans and coun
(Cartulary, fo. 62. of the Angevins, addressed to the archbishop of Rouen, and al
Trans. 98.) j^j^ officers of Normandy. He gives to Roscehn son o:
Claremboud for his service, all the land of Longchamp on th(
edge (orailla) of the forest of Roumare, &c, to be held by hin
and his heirs of the duke and his heirs, hereditarily ; and hi
tenants there shall have dead wood without payment, and b(
free of all dues of the forest.
Testibus : Ricardo can[cellario] ; Widone de Sabloil^ ; Jos
lendetar'3 (sic) ; Alexandro de Bohon : Gaufrido de Bruec[ort]
Apud Rothomagura.
[1156-1162.] 202. Charter of Henry II. repeating that to Roscelin son o
(Cartulary, fo. 63</. Claremboud (No. 201).
Trans. 99.) Testibus : Thoma can[cellario] ; episcopo (sic) Ebroicensi
Roberto de Novoburgo; Alexandro de Bohun. Apu<
Rothomagum.
[1156-1159.] 203. Charter of the empress Mathildis, daughter of kinj
(Cartulary, fo. 62. Henry. She gives the abbey of St. Georges de Bocherville tha
rans. 19 .) ^^^^ which Roscelin son of Claremboud has given it by he
wish and permission, namely that land of Longchamp (Longu
Campus) which is on the edge (in oralli) of the forest o
Roumare, &c.
Testibus : Godardo de Waus ; Roberto filio Henrici ; Bemei
Comin. Apud Pratum.
[1156-1159.] 204. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop o
(Cartulary, fo. 62rf. Rouen and all his officers of Normandy. He grants to th
Trans. 103.) ^^^^^^ ^^ g^ Georges de Bocherville the gift of Godard de Waus
namely 60 acres of land in the forest of Fecamp, which h
himself had given Godard; also the gift of Roscelin soi
of Claremboud, namely the land of Longchamp (as in No. 203^
Testibus : Rodberto de Novoburgo ; Manasse (sic) Biset
Godardo de "Waus. Apud Rothomagum.
[1156-1166.] 205. Writ of Henry II. addressed to William de Morenvill
(Original in archives, and his bailiffs of Montfort the abbey of St. Georges [d
^^ranlie'.)^*" BocherviUe] is to have its port of MoUecroste and its roa
from Chaumont (Galvvmons), to MoUecroste as in his grand
father's time, and the sumpters (summarii) or carts of tha
port are not to be stopped on the road.
Teste Mann[assero]*. Biset dapifero. Apud Rothomagum.
1 Trans. : " St. desiderio." Cart : " Sancto dd." ^ Trans. : " Sabruel."
3 Bectius ; .Toslen[o] de Tur[onis]. * " Manessier " in Cartulary.
ABBEY OF ST. GEORGES DE BOCHERVILLE. 69
[1166-1166.] 206. Writ of Henry II. addressed to Simon de Chailli and
^^* Tran^gT*^ ^*" *'^® ^^ailiffs of Pavilly. The abbey of St. fieorges [de Bocherville]
rans .) j^ ^^ j^^^^ ^yi j^g demesne of Lamberville {Lambertivilla) and ajl
its tithes according to his grandfather's charter, and is not to be
unjustly impleaded or subjected to a new exaction.
Teste Mannassero Biset. Apud Eothomagura.
[1156-1166.] 207. Writ of Henry II. addressed to his pr^vdts of
(Cartulary, fo. 63d. Estrutart (Strutatum). The abbey of St. Georges is to have
Trans. 100.) quittance for its ship and the other quittances which it enjoyed
in the time of his grandfather. Reginald de Gerpunvilla is to
see to this if they do not, and the king's justice if he do not.
Teste Manassero Biset dapifero. Apud Kothomagum.
[1155-1166.] 208. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. The
(Cartulary, fo. 63. abbot and monks of St. Georges de Bocherville and their
Trans. 101.) officers are to enjoy the same quittances as in the days of
his grandfather ; and its tenants in England are to have the
same freedom from shire [courts] and hundred [courts] and
hidage and all else as in the days of his grandfather and of
William the chamberlain de Tancarvilla when Aveberia and
Vestona were his, and [when] he received them from the king
and afterwards gave them, by his permission, to the abbey.
Testibus : P[atricio] comite ; Manasse[ro] Biset dapifero, et
Gaufrido decano Andegavensi^ ; Magistro Alver[edo]. Apud
Clarendonam.
r? 1173.1 209. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He gives
(Cartulary, fo. 63. to the abbey of St. Georges de Bocherville freedom from all
Trans. 102.) ^ues on its own goods throughout his dominions.
Testibus : Roberto^ de Warnevilla canceUario ; Waltero de
Constantiis; Sehier de Quinci; Roberto de Stotevilla. Apud
Juliambonam.
[? 1180.] 210. Charter of Henry II. generally confirming to the
(Cartulary, fo. 66.) abbey of St. Georgesde Bocherville all its possessions, including
in England, 22 Ubrates in Avesb[er]ia, in Witeburna near
Salisbury 7 librates, that is the third of the vill, in Cadecoma
fifty shillings of rent ; also by gift of king Henry [I.] the church
of Ailes with all its appurtenances, as R[ichard] bishop of
London held it, as free as William [de Tancarvilla] received it
by gift of king Henry ; also, of the same king's gift 9 librates
at Weston etc and 20 librates at Aveberia and
Bereberia which Geofirey son of Payn gave to St. Georges.
Testibus : Radulfo de Wand[er]vila^ canceUario ; magistro
Waltero de Constantiis Oxinfordensi archidiacono ; WiUelmo
Painel Abrincatensi archidiacono ; comite Johanne Vindoc[ini] ;
Roberto de Stutevilla*; WiUelmo filio Radulfi senescallo
1 Said to have died or resigned 1162. ' Bectius : E[adu]fo].
3 Eectius : " Wadnevilla." ■* firmarius of Lillebone in 1 180.
70 ABBEY OF ST. GEORGES DE BOCHERVILLE.
[? 1180.]
Normaanie ; Hugoae de Cressi ; Ricardo del Aufoy ; Gilleberto
Pipard ; Bertramo de Verdon ; Saherio de Quinci ; Willelmo de
Mara • Reginaldo de Pavilleio. Apud Juliambonam.
[N. D.] 211. Charter of Evrard de Salesbiriis. He gives to St.
(Cttrtuiary, fo. ind.) Georges de Bocherville (Bauquervilla) and the monks there
serving God, in alms, for his soul and for the souls of his
predecessors certain men [named] and their rents.
Isti interfuerant ; Augustinus de ,Crasmenil; Robertus
Acharius ; Rainaldus ; Robertus propositus ; Robertus forestarius,
et alii.
[Temp. Hen. II.] 212. Charter of Robert de Estotevilla, notifying that Evrard
(Cartulary, fo. 112.) de Salesberiis had given the abbey of St. Georges de Bocherville
(Bauquervilla) 50 shillings in perpetual rents from the tenants
{haspites) at Rames, and that he, Robert, at the prayer of the
monks and of his wife Leonia, has given the monks, instead, a
rentcharge of 50 shillings on his mill called the mill of the
lucky ones {fortunatonmi) on the bank of Biuredan. And the
monks are to receive him and his wife and his into the
fellowship of the abbey.
Testibus hiis : Gaufrido abbate de Valemont ; Nicholao
fratre ejus, et Willelmo et Ricardo fratribus suis ; Theobaldo
de Esiustoc, et Waltero de Castellon ; Johanne de Mara, et multis
aliis.
[1189, 7 Oct.] 213. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He confirms
(Original in archives, to the abbey of St. Georges de Bocherville its liberties and
Tran?'i47.')^ quittances throughout all his land on both sides the sea. And
its tenants and the monks themselves are to be quit in England
of shire [courts] and hundred [courts] and hidages and all other
demands at Aveberia and Weston, which were of his great-
grandfather king Henry's demesne.
Testibus : Will[elmo]i {sic) Rothomagensi archiepiscopo ;
H[ugone]^ Dunolmensi, Johanne Ebroicensi episcopis ; Willelmo
de Aubigni comite de Arondel ; Willelmo Marescallo ; Willelmo
de Sancto Johanne. Datum per manum Willelmi de Longocampo
cancellarii nostri, Elyensis electi. Apud Westmonasterium, vii"
die Octobris, anno primo regni nostri.
1198, 18 Ma3^ 214. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He grants
''^"!»!r<f'''i'7^i \^^' ^'^ *^^® abbey of St. Georges de Bocherville and its monks all the
gifts made to them, with liberties and quittances throughout his
land on both sides the sea, namely in seaports and on the Seine,
and in the city of Rouen quittances from toll and the wine tax
and all other dues, and green wood, herbage, and pannage in
the forest of Roumare and quittance in all castles, towns (burgis),
markets, passages, and ports on both sides the sea, with the
tithe of the forest of Montebourg in all its revenue, and the
1 Sic in Cartulary ; but « Waltero " rightly in Trana., which is taken from
original.
2 Trans. : "Henrico."
Trans. 174.)
ABBEY OF ST. GEOEGES DE BOCHERVILLE. 71
1198.
tithe of all the revenue of the forest of Lillebonne and of
Fecamp, and of the port of Tancarville and other gifts. He
directs also that the abbey's manors in England, namely,
Avesberia, Wintreborna, and Veston shall enjoy their freedom
from shire [courts], hundred [courts], hidages, themghepen[i],^
and danegheld and all else.
Hiis testibus : Johanne Dublinensi archiepiscopo ; Herberto
Saresbiriensi, Philippo Dunelmensi [episcopis] ; Johanne comite
Moritonii ; Willelmo Marescallo ; Gaufrido iilio Petri ; Gaufrido
de Cella ; Rogone de Saceio ; Willelmo de Mortuomari. Datum
per manum Eustachii Eliensis episcopi. Apud Gemeticas xviii"
die Maii, anno regni nostri nono.^
' " Toinghepen [i] " in Cartulary.
" An original of this charter exists in the archives. The seal is engraved in
Deville's Essai . . . siir I'Eglise et I'ahbaye de Saint Georges-de-Bocherville
(1827).
72
ABBEY OF BONDEVILLE,
FOR CISTERCIAN NUNS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP ROUEN.
{Cartulary^ in Archives of the Seine Inferieurc]
1149, Sept.
(Cartulary, fo. 43.)
215. Charter of the empress M[athildis] daughter of king
Henry, addressed to all her officers of Normandy. For the
souls of her father Heury king of England {AngL') and her
mother queen Matildis, and her husband Geoffry duke of
Normandy and count of Anjou, she gives in perpetual alms to
the abbey of St. Mary of Bondeville and the nuns there serving
God all her demesne in the parish of Bellavilla, in homage,
reliefs, rents, and all else, that is, from the whole fee of Hugh
de Bellavilla, to be held feudally and in inheritance by the
abbey, &c
Actum anno domini Mocc (sic) XL" nono, mense se[p]tembris
assensu et voluntate mea. Testes sunt : Amicus Rothomagensis
ecclesie thesaurarius ; Waleran de Mellote arcbidiaconus ;
Petrus cantor ; Helias sacerdos ; Robertus capellanus ; magister
Ricardus ; Gydo Ebroicensis ecclesie arcbidiaconus ; Willelmus
de Riparia ; Walterus de Casten'io ; Walterus de Gornaco ;
Helias de Casnic (?) ; Ricardus de Cornouale ;
Radulfus filius Walteri ; Giroudus canonicus, et plures alii.
216. Charter of the empress M[athildis], daughter of king
Henry, addressed to all her officers of Normandy. For the
souls of her father, Henry king of England, and her mother,
queen Matildis, and her husband (dominus) Geoffi^ey, duke of
Normandy and count of Anjou, she gives in perpetual alms to
the abbey of St. Mary of Bondeville, and the nuns there serving
God, 30 acres of land in the forest of Roumare (Romara), namely
the land called the field of Turgerius, and pasture in the forest
for their cattle and quittance of pannage for their swine and all
that they need for fuel, to be held for ever, as of her own alms.
Hiis testibus: Huberto de Vallibus; Willermo de Heliam;
Stephano de Belocampo ; Roberto filio Henrici ; Roberto de
Hornay (sic). Apud Rothomagum.
[1182-1189.] 217. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He con-
(Cartulary fo. 39. firms to the abbey of Bondeville and its nuns all the gifts made
Trans. 0 .) ^ ^^^^^ [specified] including in the forest of Roumare the land
' Late IStli century transcript.
[Circ. 1149.]
(Cartulary, fo. 11.
Trans. 19G.)
ABBEY OF BONDEVILLE. 73
[1182-1189.]
called the field of Turgerius given by Mathildis the empress for
the love of God and for the souls of her father king Henry and
her mother queen Mathildis and her husband Geoffrey duke of
Normandy and count of Anjou, also 20 shillings of Anjou a
year, at Bolebec, given by John de Pratellis and 10 acres at
Varengeville (Varengiervilla), given by Robert de Candos, a
load of wheat every Michaelmas at the new mill, which belongs
to (in revenu'a de) Harecourt, given by Richard Talebot and
William his brother.
Testibus : Johanne Ebroicensi episcopo ; Willelmo filio
Radulfi senescallo Normannie ; comite Willelmo de Mannevilla ;
Hugone de Cressi ; Johanne . . . Ric[ardo] Giffart. Apud
Rothomagum.
[1166-1183.] 218. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He con-
(Cartulary, fo. 3. firms to the abbey of Bondeville and its nuns 100 acres of
Trans. 105.) ^g^^^ ^^ Mont Chauvet (monto calvel) given by Gilbert de
Roures.
Teste Rotrodo archiepiscopo, apud Rothomagum.
74
PRIORY OF ST. FAITH, LONGUEVILLE,
FOR CLUNIAC MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP ROUEN.
[Original Boeuonents in Archives of the Seine Inf^rieure.]
[1106-1109.] 219, Charter of Henry I. (as king of the English and duke
(.Original in archives, of the Normans) addressed generally. He confirms to the
Trans. 42.) priory of Longueville the gifts of William II. at Boisrohard
{Boscum Rohardi), and of Walter GifFard at Longueville and
elsewhere with the tithe of the whole fee of Walter Giffard
and of Walter de Avesnes, and — of the gift of Koger son of
Richard — the hermitage in the forest .of Aliermont, with other
gifts ; and in England, Newton-Longueville {Niwentona) and
Horwood (Horowlda) and the neighbouring wood, and their
churches with tithes and appurtenances, the church of Whaddon
(Wadona), the churches of Witchingham (WichinghehaTn) and
of Weston with appurtenances and the tithes of Sonobome,
Singleberghe, Hadelesdone, Brichelle, Blechelai, Molossou, Loco-
tone, Bradielle, Fulcossord[e], Liticote, Buchingheham, Mortone,
Lamporte, Lingenest[one], Aq[ue]leie, Becchereton[e], a virgate at
Maulden (Meldona) with the tithe of the demesne, and every-
thing they possess in England. They and their officers are also
to be free of toll and all dues on goods for their own use. And
they may found leaden vessels for their own use in their house,
and carry on freely all industries (artes).
Hoc autem actum est in curia Henrici Regis, prsesente magno
procerum conventu apud Rothomagum. Testificante [rege] ipso ;
regina ; Symone comite ; Rogero filio Ricardi ; Willelmo de
Alben[eio] cum multis aliis.
[C'irc. 1130.] 220. Charter of William de Garenne. He gives to the priory
(Ungmal, sealed, in of Longueville (Longavilla) one tenant (hospitem) at Dunum of
Trans. 418.) ^^^ ^^e of Walter de Brotevilla quit of everything due to him-
self, namely, aid, tallage, work, dues, and all other service. And
if he should take anything of the kind from Walter's land, he
quitclaims him of the proportion belonging to the land of that
tenant. This grant was made at Bracquetuit, at the request
and entreaty of William de Tmblevilla, who gave that tenant,
with all his holding, to the abbey.
Teste Ysabel comitissa uxore eomitis et Willelmo et -Radulf o
filiis eorum, qui hoe idem concesserunt ; Willelmo de Criketot,
PRIOKY OF LONGUEVILLE. 75
[Circ. 1 130.]
et Widone pincerna ; Willelmo filio Gulberti ; Geraldo capellano ;
Radulfo clerico de Roseto ; Waltero presbitero de Braketoit ;
Waltero de Grinnosevilla ; Willelmo de Malcobla; Thoma de
Busli, et Osberto coco, et multis aliis.
[^Ante 1164.J 221. Charter of Walter Giffard, earl of Bucchingeham. He
(Originalin archives, gives to John, son of John the chamberlain, for his service,
Trans. 460.) that house with its [right of] hostelry Qiostillagiwm) and all its
appurtenances, at Longueville, which belonged to his father,
in fee and inheritance to him and his heirs, free from all
service, for sixpence Roumois (Romeisienses) annual rent, for
recognition, at Christmas.
Teste comitissa E[rmengarde] ; Reginald© dapifero tunc de
Gerburvilla; Robbertode Novavillajuniore; Willelmo Cokerel ;
Robberto de Buivilla ; Waltero Engaine ; Galfrido de Bleivilla ;
Willelmo de Bensevilla ; Willelmo de Hunfranvilla ; Petro de
Appelgat[e] ; Robberto de Osvilla ; Ricardo Costardo ; Hugdn&'
coquo.
[Ante 1164.] 222. Charter of Walter Giffard, earl of Bocchingeham, giving
(Original, sealed, in in alms for ever to the priory of Longueville all that he has in
Trans "70^ demesne at Neuville ('ri.ot;a villa) and Polet and Puit, except
what he is shown to have given to the Temple, and what
Hugh holds there of his gift, free of all secular service ; and at
Longueville, all the word of Hairons as far as the wood of the
sick folk,
Testibus^ : comitissa E[rmengarde] ; Reginaudo de Gerburvilla
tunc dapifero ; Gisleberto, et Roberto de Caneio, capellanis ;
Ada clerico de Essendone ; ilatheo de Girardivilla ; Willelmo
Calcensi; Aldulfo de Guerres ; Roberto de No villa juniore;
Willelmo Cokerel ; Roberto de Buivilla ; Gaufrido de Blivilla.
(Original in archives. 223. Charter of William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, inspecting
Trans. 471.) ^^^^ confirming the sealed charter of Walter Giffard earl of
Bukkingham, as follows : —
[Circ. 1150.] Charter of Walter Giffard earl of Bukkinghame, giving and
confirming to the priory of Longueville, and the monks there
serving God, all that his father Walter Giffard and his mother
Agnes have given them for their souls and that he, Walter
Giffard and Ermengarde his wife have given them for their
souls, namely, all Horwda, except the fee of Durand, and the
church and the tithe of the demesne, the church of Waddone
and tithe ef the demesne, and the tithes of wood, pannage, and
fishpool, and of all the profits of his wood, and free pasture for
all the monks' stock as for his own, within wood and without ;
all Newenton similarly, except the fee of Odo and their privileges
in his wood of Waddon, namely, all they need for building,
enclosing, or firing, and for their men likewise, and pasture in
his wood for the flocks of his men, paying him annually a
measure of oats as was arranged in his mother's time; at
1 Trans. : " Teste."
76 PEIORY OF LONGUEVILLE.
[Girc. 1150.] ~~
Weston all that his father held there, and the church with the
tithe of the demesne ; and at Wichinghame, all that his father
held, except the fee of William and Ralf de Leonibus and of
Boterius, the church of St. Mary of Wichinghame and the tithe
of the demesne, and in the same vill the church of St. Faith : and
the land of Eetollahage, the land also of Reppes, which renders
10,000 herrings, and quittance of the corrody {procurationis)
due to him at Witchinghame ; at Norwich, the church of the
Holy Trinity and St. John ; all Akileia, with its appurtenances
in wood and plain, and the church with the tithe of the demesne ;
the church of Herlenton with the tithe of the demesne, and one
tenant (hospite) ; the tithe of the demesne and one tenant at
Bothingeshame, and the same at Mandone ; for the monks'
infirmary, the church of Withame, with the tithe of the
demesne ; the vill of Haney and all his. rights there, except the
fee of William Cokerele and Robert de Beville, given him for
his service ; the church of Haney with tithe of the demesne,
and in greater Haney, two men, Hugh and Tokin, paying 20
shillings a year ; all the demesne tithes, also, of Buldsinghame,
Morton, Burton, Langeporte, Lillingestane, Lechamestede, Becc-
hainton, Singleberge, Bratewelle, Locton, Moleshou, Blecheley,
Dorton, Hesington, Edingarve, Polingtote, Achecote, Dunmave,
Fulkelwrthe, Ramerton, Echikeshande ; to the hospital for poor
folk at Longueville, what they have given themselves to the
monks, the church of Stokobi, with the tithes of the desmesne,
the church of Starton, and all the tithes of Ravershame, etc.
. . . . And if the monks' men should ever incur forfeiture,
the proceeds shall go to the monks.
Hiis testibus : Helia GiflF[ardo] ; Hugone de Huers^ ; Willelmo
de Redehame ; Godefrido Buteri ; Eustagio de Bordingeshame ;
Anteme de Poyvile ; Bemerio de Horwde ; Pagano^ de Dorton ;
Girardo de Gremevilla ; Willelmo Anglico.
[Ante 1164.] 224, Charter of earl Walter Gifiard addressed to all his men
(Original in archives. French and English. For the souls of his father and mother
Trans. 468.) ^^^ q£ ^y^ j^jg other frieuds, and for the- weal of his soul and
[that] of the countess Ermengard his spouse, he grants to the
priory of Longueville and the monks there serving God that
if their men offend (forisfecerint) against his own, his men
shall go into the monks' court to obtain right there ; and if his
men offend against the monks' men they shall do right to the
monks' men in his court ; and in confirmation and witness of
this liberty [being] given them, he restores to them 36 shillings,
which he had taken from their men.
Testes : comitissa Ermengardis ; Gillebertus Delaplace ;
Goefridus de Bleville ; magister Ricardus capellanus ; magister
Albricus ; Adam de Essendone ; Gislebertus elemosinarius ;
Gislebertus de Hotot ; Alveredus de Belencumbre ; Helias de
Longolio ; Wilielmus Calceius ; Aldulf us de Guerris ; Helias
' Beetius : "Nuers " (iiier i{«6eMs, p. 312). ^ Trans. ; " Pape."
[Ante 1164.]
PRIORY OF LONGUEVILLE. 77
Hachet ; Ricardus Engaigne ; Audulfus de Bracheio ; Walterus
Siluvanus ; Antelmus de Montaneio ; Teobaldus de Frauxinis ;
Willelmus Cocherel ; Reinaldus de Longolio.
[1155, 225. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He confirms
Girc. 29 Sept.] to the priory of Longueville (Longavilla) the gifts of his grand-
(Original, sealed, in father king Henry, and that of William II. and those of Walter
Traus.m.) Gifiard, with the land which earl Giffard (sic) gave to Robert
son of Gilbert, the tithe of the fee of Walter de CanteI[upo],
two tenants (homines) on the fee of earl Warenne, one given
by William de Oantel[upo], the gifts of William de Neiville,
and of Robert de Neiville for the soul of Maud his wife,
of Adolf de Braci, of Jordan de Saukevilla, of Robert son of
Hugh de Gundevilla [of the fee of Walter Giffard], and of
Gilbert de Gundevilla, of Reinier de Euermou', of Ralph de
Trublevilla, of Walter de Criuil, of land held from Gilbert de
Cantel[upo], of Gilbert Ridel and of others. In England, of the
gift of Walter Giffard, Horwood (Horewdam), with its appurten-
ances, except the fee of Durand, all Newton-Longville (Newetona)
except the fee of Odo, all that Walter Giffard had at Weston
with the church and its appurtenances, and whatever he had in
demesne at Witchingham (Wichingham) except the fee of
William and Ralph de Leonibus and of Botrec, the monks to be
free of the corrody which Walter had reserved to himself there,
and which his son quit-claimed afterwards, and the land of
Retolvehagh with the church and tithe of the demesne of
Soulbery (Soleburn') and of Mursley (Merselai) and of Single-
borough (Singlesbergh) and of Battlesden (Badeleshcyn'), of
Brickhill (Brikella), of Bletchley(5ZaccAeZai), Moulsoe (Bulehou'),
Loughton (Lugtona), Littlecote (Litecota), Buckingham, Maids
Moreton (if oriiwia), Lamport (Ziamporit6s),Lillingstone (Lilinge-
stan), Akeley, Beachampton (Bechantona), Bradwell, Folksworth
(Fuchowrda), Policott (Policota), Chilton, Wooton Underwood
(Vittona), Dorton, Winchendon (Wickendona), Leckhampstead,
Long Crendon, Kametona, Ehikisham, Achetona, Clitona, Adden-
grave (Adingrava), Yardley (Jerdislaia), Bottisham (Bodinge-
skam) with a tenant there, the church of Hertlent and the tithe
of the demesne, with one tenant, the church of Stratton for the
use of the hostelry (hostellaria), the chapel of the Holy Trinity
at Norwich, the tithe of the demesne of Caversham, at West
Hanney two tenants (komines), the land of Repps (Reppis)
which renders ten thousand herrings, Akeley with all its
appurtenances, the tithe of the demesne of Hugh the marshal.
Moreover [in Normandy] the hospital of Longueville which
Walter Giffard and Ermengarde his wife founded, with its
endowments, including in England the church of Stokesby
(Stokebi) ; also the tithe of the land which Jordan de Saukevilla
gave as a marriage portion to his daughter ; moreover for the
monks' infirmary, the church of Witreham and the tithe of the
demesne, the church of Crundona, and a fair at Longueville on
Ascension day. The monks and their officers are to be free of
78 PRIORY OF LONGUEVILLE.
[1155.]
toll and all other dues on their own goods throughout England
and Normandy.
Testibus : Teobaldo archiepiscopo Cantuarensi ; Rogero archie-
piscopo Eboraeensi ; Ricardo episcopo Lundoniensi ; Roberto epis-
copo Lincoluensi ; Hylario episcopo Cic[estrensi]; Gisleberto Here-
fordensi, Willelmo Norwicensi, episcopis ; Thoma canc[ellario] ;
Reg[iniildo] abbate de Rading' ; Clemente abbate de Scireburn' ;
Reg[inaldo] abbate de Persor ; Roberto comite Leg[rec]estrie ;
Hugone Bigot comite ; Gaufrido de Mangnavilla comite ; Henrico
de Essexa ; Roberto de Novoburgo ; Ricardo de Humez constabu-
lario ; Roberto de Sancte Martine^ (sic) ecclesia. Apud Wintoniam
in concilio.
[Circ. 1181.J 226. Charter of William de Humetis granting to the monks
(Original, sealed, IB of the priory of LongUBville, for the weal of his soul and
Trans^'sos ) [those] of his predecessors the church of St. Peter of Apegard
with all its appurtenances, 'which church the monks possess of
the gift of earl Giffard, and his pl:'edeeesfeors, etc
also the tithes of the whole park of Apegard etc
and all their privileges and quittances in his wood of Wadone,
as they had in that time of earl Giffard of his gift ; also all
their assarts (essardia) in his wood of Horoude, with herbage,
pannage, pasturage, firewood, and all other privileges, in the
wood of Wadone, as granted them by earl Giffard. His heirs,
servants and bailiffs, are not to trouble them herein.
Hiis testibus : Radulfo de Airello ; Willelmo clerico de
Apegardo ; Willelmo Durbec ; Willelmo de Campo Rotundo ;
Ricardo de Groci ; Herberto de Veiocis ; Radulfo de Montibus ;
Rogero de Montibus ; Willelmo de Poterel ; Radulfo de Perehie ;
Gaufrido de Horn'; Nicholao de Fornet ; Willelmo de Colevilla
et pluribus aliis.
[? 1180-1189.] 227. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He confirms
(Original, sealed, in to the monks of Longueville priory the devise (divisa) of earl
Trans^'i 17 ) Giffard, namely, Neuville (Novavilla) and other lands. The monies
are to possess this holding in perpetuity for the earl's soul.
Testibus : Ranulfo de Clanvilla (sic) ; Willelmo comite de
Magnevilla ; Hugone de Cressi ; Seihero de Quinci ; Radulfo filio
Stephani, et multis aliis. Apud Cenomannum.
[1188, 228. Charter of Henry II. repeating text of the preceding
July-Sept,] one, but closing with the clause : —
(Original, sealed. They and their officers shall be quit, throughout England
lYanT'^iie^) ^^^ Normandy, of toll and passage [money] and pontage and
pannage and reguard of forest and all dues on everything of
their own, and they shall not be impleaded except before him
or the chief justice of England or Normandy. And he grants
that they may freely cast leaden (plumbea) vessels for their
own use, and carry on all industries necessary for their own
utensils.
■' Eeetiu8 : " Marie."
PRIORY OF LONGUEVILLE. 79
[1188.]
Testibus : Baldwino archiepiscopo Cantuarensi ; Hugone
episcopo Lincolnensi ; Eadulfo episcopo Lexoviensi ; Johanne
episcopo Ebroicensi ; Hugone episcopo Cestr[ensi]i ; Gauffredo
cancellario ; Roberto (sic) archidiacono Heresfordiensi ; Hugone
abbate [de] Furcelmonte ; Sansone abbate Sancti Audoeni : comite
Willelmo de Magnavilla ; Ranulfo de Glanvilla ; Reginaldo de
Cortenai : Seihero de Quinci ; Hugone de Cressi ; Jordano de
Beln' ; Eogero de Calceto, et multis aliis. Apud Cenomannis.''^
1200, 229. Charter of William Marshal earl of Pembroc. With
June-Sept, the assent and at the wish of Isabel his wife, countess of
(Original in archives. Pembroc, he confirms all the gifts which Walter Giffard earl of
Trans. .) Bukingeham made to the priory of Longueville (which are
specified as in the above charters). To secure the observance by
his heirs of this confirmation he appends to the charter his seal
and that of Ysabel his wife.
Testibus hiis : magistro Johanne archiepiscopo de Divelin ;
Johanne tunc electo Norwicensi ; Jordano de Saukevilla ;
Ricardo de Blevilla; Willelmo Haket; Helia fratre ejus;
Willelmo Waler[and] ; Hugone de Santford ; Johanne de
Derleia^ ; Drocone de Trublevilla ; Willelmo de Hercurt ;
Michaele clerico comitis ; Willelmo de Buss' ; Gisleberto d'Estri-
guil ; Gilleberto Camberleng ; Waltero Camberleng ; Johanne
Truand ; Willelmo fratre ; Waltero, Johanne, famulis prioris.
' Trans. : " Cesterciensi." ^ Ijectius : " Cenomannum." '' Rectius : " Erleia."
80
ABBEY OF ST. MICHAEL, TREPORT,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP ROUEN,
lOrigirial Document in Archives of Seine Infdrieure. Trans-
cript of Cartulary in Bibliotheque Ste. Genevieve E. I. 25.
Gartulaire du comtd d'Eu, MS. Lat. 13,904, in Bibliotheque
Nationale.']
.1059 et postea.
(Ste. Genevieve
Cartulary, fo. 85.
See Cartulaire
de Fabbaye de
St. Michel du
Triport,^ p. 8.)
230. [Notification that] in 1059 Robert count o£ Eu, coun-
selled by Maurilius archbishop of Rouen and William duke of
the Normans and by otlier bishops and nobles of Normandy
and especially by his wife the countess Beatrice of ever wor-
shipful memory, founded an abbey at Tr^port in honour of
God and St. Michael the archangel, and with the approval of
his wife Beatrice and his sons Ralph, William, and Robert,
assigned sustenance for the monks from his possessions etc.
. . . . In England he gave Boniton, and all that belongs to
it, in lands, tenants (hospitibus) and other things, etc. . . .
Robert de Salceio brother of Richard de Fraevilla gave the
church of Sauchay (Salceium) etc Richard son
of Robert of Fraelvilla, father of abbot Osbern and of Ansel de
Fraelvilla, gave the whole tithe of Greny (Oregneius), urged by
his wife the religious matron Gila, and for love of his son
Osbern then a monk at Tr^port, by consent of his sons Ansel,
Roger, Rovgo and others etc Robert de
Petroponte and Godfrey his son gave the tithe of Cuvervilla
which they held of Oylard its lord, by consent of the said
Oylard and his sons Geoffrey and Richard etc.
Horum donorum tam comitis Roberti quam ceterorum
quos predixi benefactorum hujus ecclesie testes subscripserunt,
id est : ipse comes Robertus, et Rodulfus et Willelmus et
Robertus filii ejus, et Hugo vicecomes, et Gauffridus de Bailliol,
et Galterius ad barbam de Davidis villa ; , Ricardus de Lonreio,
et Gaufridus de Cuvervilla ; Rainoldus de Sancto Martino, et
Robertus de Maineriis ; Ricardus de Fraelvilla, et alii multi
quos longura esset nominare.
1101.
(Ste. Genevieve
Cartulary, fo
231. [Notification that] in the year 1101, Henry count of
Eu, son of count William, came to Tr^port and granted what-
See ut supra, p.'so!) ^^®^' ^^^ ^^*^^^^ William or his predecessors had given or granted
to the abbey (ecclesie) of St. Michael of Tr^port, etc
' Edited by P. Laffleur de Kermingant, 1880.
ABBEY OF ST. MICHAEL, TREPOET. 81
1101.
Videntibus et testantibus istis baronibiis : Roberto fratre
sue ; Hugone de Evremo ; Hugone vicecomite ; Roberto filio
ejus ; Goiffrido de Sancto Martino ; Bartholomeo de Lonreio ;
Ancello de Fraelvilla, multisque aliis.
On another occasion, the count granted, for all
the abbey's men in Tr^port that neither he nor his heirs would
thenceforth exact payments {collectas) from them or tallage
{facerent tallias) them.
Testibus ■} Roberto fratro suo ; Ingelranno de Hastingis ;
Gauffrido de Sancto Martino ; Gauffrido de Cuvervilla, et aliis
multis, etc. etc.
1107. 232. [Notification that] in the year 1107, at Easter, the
(Ste. Genevieve fishermen of St. Michael took a fish called " sturio," and abbot
See M"sMm-'o°p^22S Osbem bade them take it to the abbey according to ancient
custom ; but this could not be done because Gilbert the priest
who was then the count's water-bailiff (aquarius) resisted and
took the fish by force. Wherefore the abbot went to the
count, took a plea (placitum sumpsit) and, before the barons
of count Henry, proved his right to the fish. On which, the
count granted the fish.
Testibus :^ Abraham de Petra ; Geroldo^ dapifero ; Gauffrido
de Envremou ; Anscherio de Moncellis, multisque aliis.
1107. 233. Charter of Henry count of Eu, dated 1107, granting
(Ste. Genevieve freedom (ut swpro) from payments and tallage, his brother
Ser«°5™,°p.^240 ^o^®^ granting it, etc
Testibus ■} Ingelranno de Hastingis ; Goiffredo de Sancto
Martino ; Geroldo^ dapifero ; Wermundo de Petra ; Rogerio de
Sancto Petro ; Guillelmo filio Walterii ; Bosone de Barra ;
Gaufrido de Cuvervilla, multisque aliis, etc
Ancel de Fraelvilla, exhorted by abbot Osbem his brother,
has given the abbey a measure (modium) of wheat from his
mill, at Freulleville (Fraelvilla), to buy light for the church,
by grant of his son Roger and his brother Robert, in whose
nearing also he caused excommunication to be pronounced on
all who should wrong St. Michael therein, etc
in England 6^ shillings sterling at Pleidene, and the tithe
of the moneys [from] Vilissent, and <;he tithe of the bacon
(baconibus) and cheeses coming from England, etc
1151. 234. Charter of John count of Eu (Augi). He confirms to
(Official copy of gt. Michael of Trdport his gift of the church of St. Mary of
to etWon of Hastings, that as the canons there die or renounce the world,
15th cent, from monks [of Tr^port] shall be deputed to serve God there, and
convent of Treport, shall divide all the endowments of the prebends.
Tr^t'359! ^^s*^s affuerunt Gohelinus de Criolio ; Guillermus de Crenis ;
See ut supra, p. 44.) Kadulfus de Scotemud^; Stephanus de Petris ; Matheus cubicu-
larius abbatis ; Henricus de Culvervilla ; Guillermus de Fresi ;
1 MS.: "Teste." ^ t.e., " de Normanvilla." ' Trans. : "Scotenaud."
e 92684. F
82 ABBEY OP ST. MICHAEL, TREPORT.
1151.
Petrus prepositus; Nicholaus de Verlero ; Gualo aquarius.
Actum est hoc anno ab incarnatione domini MCLi.
1153, 235. Charter of John count of Eu. For the soul of Matildis
30 July. his sister, and [those] of all his relatives and friends he gives
(Cartuiaire du freedom to all Christ's servants, monks, canons regular and
sT«?S™,'p: Specular, priests and every clerk, of whatever vm^ {ordinis),
with his own household, to buy and sell at Eu all that is
needed for their own use, free of all dues, etc. This gift, for
which his [daughter] Margareta has pleaded, is given at the
burial of his sister Matildis the third [before] the kalends of
August.
Presentibus: Rogero Augensi, et Fulcherio Ultriportensi,
et Ada de Folcardimonte, abbatibus mee terre, et monachis,
canonicis regularibus et secularibus, et clericis quamplurimis,
et baronibus et burgensibus meis : Ricardo de Fresen villa, et
Henrico de Cuulvervilla ; Engeranno de Scoteni ; Eustachio
Berateng ; Hugone de Augo ; Willelmo de VII. Molis ; Gille-
berto vicecomite, in ecclesia Augensi.
[Ante 1164.] 236. Charter of earl Walter Giffart giving in alms for ever
(Ste. Geneviisve to St. Mary de Kougecamp (Ruheo Gwm.'poY and the brethren
Se^''«l'^Zafp.^42.) ^^^re Serving God 50 acres of his land at Haymiegi etc. _ . .
for his soul and that of E[rmengardis] the countess his wife
etc.
Testibus : comitissa E[rmengarde] ; Ricardo.capellano ; Roberto
de Camp capellano ; Willelmo Chalcheis ; Petro de Hotot ; Elya
de Longolio ; Henrico de Cuvervilla ; Galfrido de Bleinvilla ;
Willelmo Cotrerel; Eustachio deGrei villa; WildonedeRotrefort;
Wallrelin de Mortemer ; Theobaldo de Fraxinis.
[N. D.] 237. Notification that the abbot and convent of Tr^port
(Ste. Genevifeve and the convent of Eobertsbridge have agreed as follows as to
s '^^ufm^ra^x, ^l\\ *^® "^^^ marcs, which the abbot and monks of Robertsbridge
are to pay annually to the abbot and convent of Tr^port for the
lands they held of them in the district {campus) of Hastingues,
which are named Volintona, Paplesham, Plaidanis, Stand, with
all their appurtenances ; namely that the money shall be paid,
alternate years, at Tr^port and at Robertsbridge, at Midsummer,
unless the wind happen to be contrary. To this agreement the
parties have affixed their seals, and the abbot of Boxley also,
who was present at the agreement, in the presence of the convent
of Treport.
' Priory of Rouge Camp (Seine Inferieure) ; Hesmy (Seine Inferieure).
83
HOSPITAL OF ST. GILES,
PONT AUDEMER,
FOR LEPERS.
[Cartulary in Public. Library of Rouen, Y. 200.^]
[N. D.]
(Cartulary, fo. 17rf.
Trans. 30.)
238. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and his lieges of Normandy. At the prayer of Galeran,
count of Meulan, and for the redemption of his own and his
ancestors' souls, he grants to the church of St. Giles of Pont
Audemer and to the infirm brethren serving there an annual
fair of three days at Pont Audemer, from the eve to the morrow
of St. Giles. All attending it, coming and going, are to enjoy
his peace, paying their rightful dues. Ten pounds penalty for
infringement.
[N. D.] 239. Charter of Stephen^ to St. Giles of Pont Audemer,
(Cartulary, fo. 22. confirming a gift of Galeran count of Mellent, at his request.
Trans. 56.) * * ' -1
[N. D.]
(Cartulary,
fos. 34, 48rf.)
240. Charter of R[oger ?] by divine permission bishop
(ecclesie minister hwmilis) of Salisbury, addressed to the con-
gregation of St. Giles of Pont Audemer. Observing how slight
and small are the means of their house and, nevertheless, how
generous is their charity to all wayfarers (transeuntes) as well
as to the [poor] men of that house, he, of his charity, and to
secure his more special commendation in their prayers, gives
the brethren and sisters serving God at St. Giles of Pont Audemer
all the greater tithes of the church of Esturministre, and confirms
them to their use by his episcopal authority, reserving the
smaller tithes of Esturministre for the support of a vicar who
shall personally serve in the church of Esturministre in priestly
orders {ordi/ne sacerdotali). He beseeches them therefore to
pray to God on behalf of himself and the church of Salisbury
the more devotedly as he has bestowed this endowment upon
them freely, at no man's instance, but only because he keeps
God before his eyes.
[N. D.] 241. Charter of G[ualeran] count of Meulan addressed to
(Cartulary, fo. 13d. Robert his SOU and A[gnes] his wife. He gives to God and
Trans. 447.) g^ q^j^^ ^^^ ^.j^^ ^^^ j^jj^ ^j p^^^ Audemer four measures
(modios) of wheat annually, for his and their souls, in alms for
ever.
' The witnesses are omitted in this Cartulary.
2 " Henricus," in Cartulary and Transcript, but the king speaks of
avuneuli mei regis H[enrici]."
F 2
84
HOSPITAL OP ST. GILES, PONT AUDEMEK.
[N.D.]
(Cartulary, fo. 14.
Trans. 443.)
242. Letter of G[ualeraii] count of Meulan, addressed to the
prudhommes of Pont Audemer. If they perform, and cause to be
performed, to his sick brethren of St. Giles, the terms they have
promised them in his presence, namely the due on hides
beveragiv/m coriorwm), and from each house of his town, on
Sunday, a penny from the richer, a halfpenny from the middle
class {mediocrihus), and a loaf (panem) from the lesser folk,
according to the means of the master (dominus) of the house,
[then] he wills and it is his pleasure that the prior of St.
Giles and the sick brethren should receive his sick folk by his
counsel only, and theirs. Otherwise, he forbids them to receive
anyone except so far as his endowment may suffice for the
sustenance of the sick folk in the house.
1162.
(Cartulary, fo. 12.
Traus. 441.)
243. Charter of Waleran count of Meulan, addressed to all
his men, pr^vSts, ministers and bailiffs, present and future.
He gives to the sick brethren of St. Giles of Pont Audemer,
with the assent of his wife Agnes and his son Robert, 30
pounds annually from his prdvdtd of Pont Audemer, to be paid
forty shillings a month (sic), and seven marcs from his revenues
in England, and forty cartloads of wood to be carried at his
own expense, every year, to Pont Audemer, and ten acres of
his alder-grove (alnetum) below the bridge of Pont Audemer,
etc. . . . and half the whole tithe of provisions (conre-
diorum) in his house, whether he is in Normandy or England,
etc and the church of Esturmilistria (sic), with
its tithes, lands, etc. by gift of the bishop of Salisbury, for
the clothing of the priests, and the house which belonged to
Roger de Hantona, quit of all tallages (talliis) and dues, etc.
Anno ab incarnatione domini mocolxiio scripta est carta ista
in capella Sancti Johannis apud Bellomontem.
[1152-1166.]
(Cartulary, fo. 48d.
Trans. 423.)
244. Notification by Galeran count of Mellent to G[ocelin]
bishop of Salisbury that he has given the church of Estur-
minstre, with [its] tithes and all its appurtenances to the
church of St. Giles of Pont Audemer and the priests there
serving God and Christ's martyrs, the sick brethren, for their
clothing. He beseeches the bishop, therefore, to confirm that
he has, of his charity, done therein.
[1152-1166.]
(Cartulary, fo. 27</.
Trans. 442.)
245. Letter of "Waleran count of Meulan and A[gnes] the
countess and Robert their son to Walter the clerk of Estur-
ministre, informing him, concerning the church of Esturministre,
which they have given to the sick folk of Pont Audemer free of
all claims, that they have no power to warrant him any right
therein, except at the will and pleasure of the said sick folk, in
whose gift is that church. And [the count] neither desires nor
dares to infringe the Pope's precept in the matter, but will
obey it (ratwm habebo).
HOSPITAL OF ST. GILES, PONT AUDEMER. 85
[1162-1164.] 246. Charter of Joe[elin], bishop of Salisbury. He ratifies
(Cartulary, fo. 2 8rf. the arrangement (transactio), made in presence of his lord
rans. .) Thomas archbishop of Canterbury and of himself between
Walter clerk of the church of Sturminstria and the proctors
of the sick folk' of Pont Audemer, namely that the clerks of that
church should pay annually for ever to the said sick folk
60 shillings. He also confirms the gift of G[ualeran] count of
Mellent, as to that church, saving in all things the rights and
diguity of the church of Salisbury.
[N. D.] 247. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Cartulary, fo. 13. Eouen and his lieges of Normandy. He gives to St. Giles of
Trans. 95.) ^j^^ lepers of Pont Audemer the tithe of rent in the castelry of
the castle of St. Mere Eghse, of its demesne. The church and
the lepers and those who there serve God are to hold that
tithe for his weal and that of his ancestors.
[After 1165.] 248. Notification by Robert count of Meulan, that he
(Cartulary, fo. 17. confirms the gift which Robert de Brionio and William his
Trans. 433.) nephew (nepos) have given to God and the brethren of Pont
Audemer for Robert the son of Robert whom they have received
as a brother, namely half a virgate of land and one cow and
20 sheep at Cerlentonia.
[After 1165.] 249. Charter of Robert count of Meulan warranting (^ttara7i-
Cartuiary, fo. 17. tizo) the gift of Hugh Bochsdmer and Geofi'rey the count's
Trans. 432.) usher to the brethren of Pont Audemer, of the stall at Brionne
(stallo Brionii) for Geoffrey's wife whom they received as a
sister.
[After 1165.] 250. Charter of Robert count of Meulan confirming to St.
(Cartulary, fo. 15. Giles and the sick folk of Pont Audemer a number of small
Trans. 434.) j^^^j ^f^^
[After 1165.] 251. Charter of Robert count of Meulan notifying that, the
(Cartulary, fo. 4Sd. aick folk of St. Giles of Pont Audemer having, at his entreaty.
Trans. 424.) granted to Richard the clerk, brother of Vauquelin his knight,
the church of St. Peter of Esturminstre, it is agreed between
them as follows : the said Richard has sworn to pay annually
at Midsummer to them, for that church ten^ marcs of silver
without question. Of this agreement the count makes himself
surety (fidejussor) ; and Vauquelin, the clerk's brother, has,
in his presence, faithfully pledged all the land he holds of the
count in Normandy as security.
[After 1165.] 252. Charter of Robert count of Meulan, notifying that the
(Cartuiarj , f o. 18. brethren of St. Giles of Pont Audemer have given his son Peter
Trans. 480.) ^^^ church of St. Peter of Esturminstra, which is wholly theirs
to give, at his entreaty, and that Peter has sworn, before himself
' In the rubric it is seven (septem) marcs.
86
HOSPITAL OF ST. GILES, PONT AUDEMEE.
[After 1165.]
(Cartulary, fo. 29d.
Trans. 431.)
[After 1165.]
(Cartulary, fo. 48.
Trans. 425.)
[After 1165.]
and many of the said brethren, to pay them 7 marcs of silver
a year for the aforesaid church, 4^ at Midsummer and 2^ at
Christmas. The count is pledge that Peter will pay the said
money, at those terms, annually, and he directs brother Ralf
and all who shall hereafter serve at Sturminstra to see that the
money is so paid.
253. Charter of Peter de Mellent, by the grace of God
dean of Wi[m]bume, notifying that he has sworn to make the
above payment, and that if, by God's doing, he becomes a
bishop (pontijicii graduTn ascendero) or otherwise parts
with (dimisero ?) that church, he will restore it to the brethren
as theirs.
254. Charter of Robert count of Meulan notifying that he
has restored and granted to the church of Esturminstria the
full tithe of his whole demesne of Esturminstria, namely the
tithe of sheaves in the fields, the tenth lamb, calf, pig, and
fleece, with the tenth cheese, and the rightful tithe of all else
that should be tithed {unde exire debet).
[1185-1189.] 255. Charter of B[aldwin] archbishop of Canterbury and
(Cartulary, io.28d. legate of the apostolic see. He understands from the charter of
.) Galeran late earl of Mellent that he had granted to the leper
brethren dwelling in the hospital of St. Giles of Pont Audemer,
in alms for ever, so far as a layman could, the church of
St. Peter of Sturminstria, which gift Henry the second, the
illustrious king of the English, and Jocelin late bishop of
Salisbury, as their charters (scripta) show, confirmed. He
learns also from the charters {scripta) of the glorious martyr
[archbishop] Thomas and of the said bishop that a certain
composition was effected between Walter the clerk and the
proctors of the said sick folk ; and in order that the original
gift and the composition may enjoy full stability he contirms
them by his authority.
[1189-1191.] 256. Charter of John count of Mortain granting to the
'■'^^Trtor'ng?^' ^^P'^oserie of St. Giles of Pont Audemer the gift of his father
king Henry, namely the tithe of all the revenue of the
castellany of Ste. Mere Eglise.
[N. D.]
(Cartulary, fo. 13.
Trans. 190.)
1204, 1 Sept.
(Cartulary,
fo. 49, and fo. 26
[without the last
clause] .
Trans. 346.)
257. Writ of John, granting to the lepers of [St. Giles of]
Pont Audemer freedom from dues on their demesne wines
throughout his land.
258. Notification by Herbert, bishop of Salisbury that as
among all Christ's poor (pauperes)^ whom a bishop is bound to
protect and support, those whom it has pleased God to deprive
of bodily power, but who offer him, in watching and prayer, the
sacrifice of a contrite heart, and in the sorrow of fleshly
' Trans. : " principes."
1204.
HOSPITAL OF ST. GILES, PONT AUDEMER. 87
affliction offer thanks to the lord for their benefactors with a
joyous mind, should be specially cared for; considering the
rights of the sick brethren of Pont Audemer in the church of
Estumiinstra, of which he is aware, having inspected their
charters ; and their religious and honourable life beiag known
by repute, he grants a hundred shillings sterling for the
clothing of the priests and sick folk there to be received
annually at Midsummer by the hands of the parson of the
above church, to be applied to their own uses as aforesaid,
saving in all things to his church, himself, and his successors
their rights, authority and dignity.
Datum apud Sunning[es] per manum Willelmi de Wintonia
kalendis^ Septembris pontificatus nostri anno undecimo.
' Trans. : " kalendas."
88
ABBEY OF LE VALASSE,
FOR CISTERCIAN MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP ROUEN.
[Original Bocuments in Archives of the Seine Inf^rieure.]
[1166-7.] 259. Charter of Henry II. to the abbey of Le Valasse or Be
(Original in archives. Voto. Printed in Monasticon Anglicanu/m, VI. 1110.^
Trans. 125.)
[1189.] 260, Charter of Eichard I. addressed generally. He directs
16 Sept. that the brethren of the abbey Du Vallasse (Be Voto) and all
(Original in archives, their men and their sabstance shall be free of toll, etc., and all
Trans. 172.) other dues belonging to him, wherever they may come, on
everything they buy or sell, or cause to be carried by land or
by water, for their own use. No one is to trouble them, for
they and theirs are under his protection, nor are they to be
impleaded except before himself or his chief justice or by his
special writ.
Testibus: Willelmo de Longo campo cancellario nostro xvj.
die Septembris, apud Gaytingtonam.
1198, 11 Dec. Is erat tenor carte nostre in primo sigillo nostro. Quod^
quia aliquando perditum fuit et dum capti essemus in Alemania
in aliena potestate constitutum, mutatum est. Innovationis
autem hujus testes sunt hii : Willelmus Tholomeus Abrincensis
electus ; magister Maugerius archidiaconus Ebroicensis ;
Johannes de Brancestra ; Robertus et Juellus capellani ;
Henricus de Poterna. Datum per manum Eustachii Eliensis
episcopi cancellarii nostri. Apud Rupem Andelei, xj. die De-
cembris anno regni nostri decimo.
1201, 11 Dec. 261. Charter of John addressed generally. He confirms
(Original charter, the agreement made between the abbot and convent of Le
Trans. 186.) Vallasse (Be Voto) and Ralf the Chamberlain de Tankarvilla,
as to 180 acres in the fore&t of Lillebonne (Insulebone).
Testibus : Willelmo Mnriscallo comite Pembroc ; Willelmo
comite Sarisbiriensi ; Johanne de Pratellis ; Willelmo de
Pratellis ; Petro de Stok[es]. Datum per manum S[imonis]
arcliidiaconi Well[ensis], apud Kothomagum, xj. die Decembris,
regni nostri anno tertio.
' It is there ivrongly assigned to the abbey " de voto " of Cherbourg, a house of
Austin canons.
2 Trans. : " Quare."
89
MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS :
SEINE INFERIEURE.
[Original Documents and Cartularies in Archives of the
Department and elsewhere.']
[Girc. 1130.] 262. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the archbishop,
(Origmai. vicowjte, and lieges o£ Rouen. He gives and grants to St.
Trans. 46.) ]V[ary de Pr^, Rouen, the four houses {mxinsuraa) of Amfrida
its laundress (lotricis), which she holds of him in Rouen, with
the rent she used to pay him. For the soul of his father and
his mother, and for the weal of his own, he quitclaims that
land to St. Mary free from all service except his wine due
(modiatio).
Testibus : R[oberto] de sig[illo], et G[aufrido] filio Pagani, et
Roberto de C[ur]ci. Apud Rothomagum.
[N. D.] 263. Charter of the empress Mathildis, daughter of king
(Original, sealed, Henry, addressed to the archbishop of Rouen and all her
officers of Normandy, French and English, present and future.
For the soul of her father and her predecessors, and for her
own weal and that of her children, she gives in perpetual alms
to the church of St. Mary, Briostel, and the monks there
serving God 60 acres of land in the .forest of LiUebonne
(Tnsulabona) in the place called " Little Bee," with easement
(aisiamenta) of pasture to the brethren for their animals in
the forest.
Hiis testibus : Hugone de Buura ; Willielmo de Moritonio ;
Petro ejus filio ; Willelmo. de Heliun ; Waltero filio Emaldi ;
Hugone medico, et Clarembaldo imperatricis clerico. Apud
Pratum.
in archives.
Trans. 195.)
[1180-1182,
. ? 1180.]
(Original in
arcliiTes.
Trans. 78.)
[1174-8.]
(Original in
archives.
Trans. 79.)
264. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and all his lieges of Normandy. He confirms to the
church of St. Lo at Rouen, and the canons regular there serving,
all the gifts [specified] maJe to them [in Normandy], including,
on the feast of St. Lo a stag from the [ducal] demesne of
Normandy and 6 shillings in money, with a boar on the feast
of St. Rumpharius.
Testibus : G[aufrido] Eliensi, B[aldwino] Exoniensi, H[enrico]
Baiocensi, R[icardo] Abrincensi, episcopis ; Willelmo de Humeto
constab[ulario] ; Willelmo filio Radulfi ; Hugone de Creissi ;
Roberto de Stutevilla ; RicardO Gifi'[ard] ; Gilleberto Pipard.
Apud Csesarisburgum.
265. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and his lieges of Normandy. The priory of St. Martin
of Sigi with its monks, its lands, its possessions and its men is
in his keeping and protection. No wrong is to be done them,
90
MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS.
[1174-8.]
[1184-9.]
(Vidimus in
archives.
Trans. 80.)
[1189, 12 Nov.]
(Vidimus o{ 1256.
Trans. 144.
See Delisle's Carta-
laire Normand,
No. 20.)
1190, 17 Jan.
(" Liber de
Consuetudinibus "
in archives.
Trans 151.)
nor is Hugh de Gurnai or anyone else to make unjust demands
on them.
Testibus : Ricardo Wintoniensi, Henrico Baiocensi, Egidio
Ebroicensi, Frogerio Sagiensi, episcopis ; Sim[one] de Turnebu ;
Ricardo de Aui'ai ; Alvrredo de St. Martino. Apud Rothomagum.
266. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and his lieges of Normandy. He confirms to the priory
of St. Martin of Sigi all that Hugh feriensis has given it,
namely the site of the priory, several churches, etc.
Testibus : Waltero arehiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; Johanne
Ebroicensi episcopo ; Radulfo Lexoviensi episcopo ; comite
Willelmo de Mandevilla; Seherio de Quench[i]; Hugone de
Creissi; Johanne de Solign[eio]. Apud Argentonum.
267. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He notifies
that the hospital of St. Mary Magdalen, Rouen, its wardens and
servants, the sick in it, and all its possessions are under his
protection. They are not to be wronged, nor to be impleaded for
anything they hold of demesne except before himself or his
chief justice ; and they are to be quit of all dues throughout all
his land. If anyone offends against them in this they are to be
promptly compensated.
Teste : Willelmo de Longocampo Heliensi electo et cancellario
nostro. Apud Westmonasterium xij. die Novembris.
268. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He confirms
to the abbey of Mortimer two buildings (masure) on the strand
(perreium) of Diepa free of secular service, so that its tenants,
residing in them, shall be free of all dues on herrings, mackerel,
ling (muUvellorv/m) and whiting (1) (Tnelangiorum) and from
other tolls [specified] and from all summonses except those of
Mortimer (Mortuimaris), and from all dues and secular service
on both sides the sea. No one is to infringe these liberties
under penalty of ten pounds.
Testibus : B[artholomeo] Turonis^ arehiepiscopo ; H[erberto]
Redonis,^ M[auricio] Nannetis^ episcopis ; Radulfo de Fulgeriis ;
Radulfo filio Godefridi camerario nostro. Datum per manum
Johannis de Alenconio vicecancellarii nostri, apud Andegavum,
xvij. die Januarii anno primo regni nostri.
1190, 20 March.
(Original in
archives.
Trans. 152.)
269. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He con-
firms to the nuns of the chapel of St. Mary de Clarorivo of the
order of Fontevrault, the chapel of Foumouchon and all the
other gifts of Baldwin de Canteler, and of others.
Testibus : Hamelino comite de Warenna ; Hugone de
Gurnay ; Willelmo de Ruverai clerico ; Gilleberto de Guascuil :
Johanne de Pratellis ; Rogero fratre ejus ; Osb[erto] de
Ruverai. Datum per manum Johannis de Alencon archidiaconi
Lexoviensis, vicecancellarii nostri, apud Rothomagum xx. die
Martii anno primo regni nostri.
Sic in Transcript.
SEINE INFERIEURE.
91
Trans. 170.
Also Vol. 133,
Trans. 125.)
1190, 22 June. 270. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He gives
(Original, sealed, in the abbey of Bonport {de bono portu) ten canicates of land in
Trans. 155.) ^^^ forest of Awiz, each carueate containing six acres by his
perch, with certain rights.
Testibus : Godefrido Wintoniensi, Hugone Coventrensi, epis-
copis ; Willelmo de Humeto constabulario ; WiUelmo filio Ra-
dulfi senescallo Normannie ; Ricardo de Humeto ; Roberto de
Harecorfc ; Willelmo Marescallo. Datum per manum Johannis de
Alencon, vicecancellarii nostri xxij. die Junii, apud Ohinonem
anno primo regni nostri.
1189, 10 Nov. 271. Charter of Richard I. addressed to all his lieges in
(Original [fragments Normandy. For ttie soul of his father and the souls of all the
Tresor deTchartes.i ^"^ithful Normans deceased, and for the weal of his own soul
and that of Alienor his mother, he grants to the brethren of the
temple of Salamon all the gifts made to them throughout Nor-
mandy in lands, vills, tenants and all else. He also grants that
all their holdings, vills, and tenants shall be quit of all plaints
and pleas, of toll due to him and passage money and pontage,
and all work on castles, parks, and bridges, from summons to
the host and from chevaucMes {eqwitationihus), and all other
dues, saving only to him and his heirs justice of life and limb.
They are to enjoy in full all profits arising from these dues, to
be quit of waste and reguard of the forest and of [payment for]
pannage on their own swine throughout his forest of Normandy,
and shall receive fitting amends if these privileges are infringed
in the forest. All their possessions are to be guarded as his
own and as being under his protection ; and they are only to be
impleaded before himself or his seneschal. Full justice is to be
done them, on their complaint, on all those who may wrong them.
Testibus : Waltero Rothomagensi archiepiscopo ; J[ohanne]
Ebroicensi, H[ugone] Dunelmensi, G[odefrido] Wintoniensi,
H[erberto] Saresberiensi, episcopis ; Willelmo Marescallo.
Datum per manum Willelmi de Longo campo cancellarii nostri
Elyensis electi, decimo die Novembris, apud Westmonasterium.
Is erat tenor prime carte nostre in primo sigillo nostro, quod
quia^ aliquando perditum fuit, et, dum detenti essemus in
Alemania, in aliena^ postestate constitutum, mutatum est. Hujus
autem innovationis testes sunt hii : H[ubertus] Cantuarensis
archiepiscopus ; R[obertus] Bangomensis episcopus ; Johannes
comes Moritonii ; Hugo de Gomay ; Thomas de Sancto Walerico.
Datum per manum Thome de Haiden vices cancellarii nostri
tunc agentis, apud Lions xxx. die Novembris anno regni nostri
decimo.
272. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He grants
to the brethren of the Temple of Salomon all the gifts which
1198, 30 Nov.
[1189.]
(Cartulaire de
Normandie.
Trans. 177.)
1 M. Delisle in his Cartulaire Normand (No. 47) obserres that he could not find
this charter in Carton J. 918, where the inventory places it. The Transcript in
Vol. 133, No. 125, is taken from J. 919.
2 Trans. : " Quare." ' " ^Iia.'
92
MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS.
[1189.]
king Henry his father and Alienor his mother, and all those
which have been or shall be made to them by his men through-
out his land. And all their men shall be free from chevauchee,
from the host, from forced labour (biennia), from watch
(eschegata) and all dues.
Testibus : Baldwino Cantuarensi archiepiscopo, etc. (sic).
1198, 31 Oct.
(Original, sealed,
Tresor des Charles.
Trans. 168. See
Delisle's Cartulaire
Normand, No. 47,
as from J. 818 ;
also Vol. 133,
No. 124, as from
J. 919.)
273. Charter of Richard I. addressed to all those in whose
custody and bail wicks the brethren of the Temple hold lands.
They are to guard the possessions of the brethren as his own
The brethren are under his protection, and are not to be im-
pleaded for anything except before himself or his chief justice,
or by his special precept.
Teste meipso apud Leon[em] xxxj. die Octobris anno regni
nostri decimo.
[N. D.] 274. Memorandum that the king [Henry II.] had from the
(Codex eburneus in church of Rouen, when duke, 33 marcs of gold from the tablet
°"fo. 18 ^^^^' (if^bula) which used to be placed before the altar, and a- gold
Trans. 75.) textus with precious stones and two great silver candlesticks
worth 30 marcs. When king, he had a gold crown worth 300
marcs of silver, which his grandfather king Henry had bequeathed
to the church of Rouen, to buy a rent[charge] for the use of the
canons. During the war between himself and his son, when
the city of Rouen was besieged, he had a gold chalice of
6 marcs and 17 marks of gold from the remains of the above
tablet, and two silver laveis (pelves) of 8 marcs, and a silver
paten of 8 marcs, which the lord Robert de Novo Burgo
bequeathed to the church of Eouen, and a silver textus worth
40 pounds of Anjou.
[Circ. 1150.]
(Original in
archives.
Trans. 417.)
[? 1169.1]
([No reference.]
Trans. 128.)
iSee Menage,
Histoire de Sable,
p. 376.
275. Charter of William de Roumare earl of Lincoln,
addressed to all his barons of Normandy, present and future.
He gives to William de Claramara the land which belonged to
Roger his grandfather [and] which Roger himself cleared
(sartavit), to be held of him and his heirs, by William and
his heirs freely for 20 shillings a year, 10 at the feast of
St. Gertrude and 10 at that of St. Victor. For this grant
William has given him 60 shillings in money of the Roumois
(Roviasnimorum).
Testibus istis : Gileberto de Cantolupo ; Willelmo de Teliolo ;
Oliver de Teliolo ; Willelmo de Ymmovilla, et Radulfo de
Ymmovilla, et Roger nigro, et Gralfrido (sic) de Piseio.
276. Charter [much damaged] of Henry II. addressed to
the bishop of Angers and all his men and lieges of Touraine
and Anjou. In honour of the Trinity and the Virgio Mary,
he has— at the entreaty of bishops, abbots, canons, barons,
knights, — caused the dykes (tursie) to be inhabited, and having
• See Eobert of Torigny (EoUs Ed., p. 242.)
SEINE INFERIEUEE. 93
[?1169.]
seen and learnt the trouble and loss [caused by] the Loire he
releases, of his piety, those who may dwell on the dykes (super
tv/rsias) from the host and chevaucMe unless he summons
them in the name of war. Should he or his heir after him, who
shall be lord of Anjou, [summon them] they shall all come to
one banner (vexillum). And by the care of his officers who
shall have charge of the dykes they shall labour for tlieir defence
and maintenance where needed while the count of Anjou is with
the host .... [imperfect] .... Moreover, to all who
may dwell on the dykes he grants in common that they shall
be quit, towards their lords, from all collections except for
knighting their eldest sons_. marrying their eldest daughters, or
redeeming themselves. And no custom shall be paid him on
whatever moveables they buy or sell among themselves, but
only on the merchandise any stranger merchant may buy of
them Aud should any serfs reside there, their
lords shall take from them no more their poll-tax (capitagium)
of fourpence so long as they remain there.
Testibus : F[rogerio]' abbate Saneti Florentii ; A[imerico]^
abbate de Burg[u]l[i]o ; [Johanne subdecano] Saneti Martini de
Restineio ; W[illelmo] de Montesorello et W[illelmo] filio suo ;
Joscel[ino] Rooaardo ; Ulgerio de Insula ; Aimerico Savarici ;
Aimerico de Aveirs : Hugone de Qeers ; et de curia Regis,
WiUelmo comite de Arundel ; Riccardo de Humeto ; [Stephano]
de Turonis, camerario regis. Apud prata Saneti Florencii in
valea.
[? 1188.] 277. Letter from Robert Calcensis to Henry II. By the
(Original in king's permission, he has taken the cross and is going to
Tra"s 505 ) Jerusalem. For the money that he is taking with him he has
committed (interposui) and entrusted (comendavi) his land for
three years to William Calcensis his nephew (nepoti) for the
repayment of his debts from the rent of his land. He prays,
therefore, the king's clemency, for the love of God and of
himself, to cause this arrangement to be maintained, should
anyone wish to disturb it. He also notifies him that he makes
(facio) the said William heir of all his land, and his [William's]
heir after him. He prays him, therefore, that if anyone should
be tempted to oppose this his disposition and grant, the king
will rebuke him, and cause WiUiam and his heir to hold that
land by such service as is testified in the king's charter
concerning the agreement between William de Roumare, his
lord, and himself, at Burum.* Of his making William [Calcen-
sis] and his successors his heirs the following are witnesses : —
Durannus de Lunerio ; magister Rogerius ; Turoldus pres-
biter ; Rogerius Calcensis ; Robertus frater ejus ; Giroldus de
Norm an villa; Walterius de Limesio ; Radulfo de Wesnevalle ;
Willelmus frater ejus; Walter[i]us frater ejus; Robertus
Blancardus ; Rogerus de Flenvilla.
1 1160-1173. " Trans.: " D."
3 Duchy of Lancaster : Royal Charters, No. 36.
94 MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS.
(Origipal in 278. Inspeximus by Henry [? Hubert], archbishop of
Trans. 207.") Canterbury of the foUowing: —
[1193.] Notification by A[dam] de Talewrth that, having received
150 marcs sterling, at 13 shillings and fourpence sterling to
the marc, on the security (sub fidejussione) of P[eter] bishop of
Porto (Portuensis) from certain creditors, whose names are
given in the charters of that surety (fidejussor), he has
appointed J[ohD] canon of Hereford surety and chief debtor
with himself to the said bishop for that debt, so that they both,
with their incomes, lay as well as clerical, are subject to excom-
munication, suspension, and interdict, if the said debt shall not
be paid at the next fair of Troyes (nundinis Treoen') when they
have sworn on the gospels to pay it him. And if it shall not
be then paid, one marc shall increase, on each ten marcs lent,
to be paid, with the debt, at another (alias nundinas). And
for the greater indemnity of the said bishop, both for the debt
and for the [said] penalty and expenses J[ohn] de Solemgn[eio]
and R[alf] son of William the Chamberlain de Tankervilla and
Wischard Leidett and R[oger] de Sancto Germano, and AJan
son of Alan de Sorham' liave appointed themselves sureties and
chief debtors, as intermediates (fide media) for repayment of
the debt when called upon, if the creditors be not satisfied at
the term agreed upon above. They have all sealed the charter
to render it of lasting force.
[1193.] Charter of B[erengaria], queen of the English, duchess of
9 April. the Normans and Aquitanians, countess of the Angevins, and
Joan formerly queen and lady of the Sicilians. Adam son of
Adam de Talewrth and master John de Tolosa canon of
Hereford have borrowed 150 marcs sterling, at 13 shillings and
fourpence sterling to the marc, from Roman citizens whose
names are given in charters, in their presence and in that of
companions (socii) of their lord the king of England, namely
Geofirey de Vendosm', William de Roches, Rogo de Sac[eio],^
and Stephen de Tomham', and Guy de Bernez', binding them-
selves by corporal oath to repay the money at the fair of Troyes
and appointing P[eter] bishop of Porto surety to the Roman
creditors at the prayer [and] by the witness of both queens. And
for his greater security, they have given John de Suloeitum
(sic),^ Guischard Leidett', Roger de Sancto Germano, Alan son of
Alan de Sorham, to the said bishop as sureties who are bound to
pay the said money when called on, if the debtors shall not
have paid it at the term appointed. In order that the bishop
may suffer no loss for [doing] this, for which he rather deserves
their favour and that of their lord the king, they have com-
manded Walter archbishop of Rouen and the other co-justiciaries
(covjusticiariis) of England that if the said debtors or sureties
shall not repay the money as agreed, they shall compel them,
through their tenements and possessions, and in every way, to
repay the money and make good the losses and expenses incurred
1 Trans, : " Sat." 2 fieotius : " SoKgneio."
SEINE INFEEIEURE.
95
[1196.]
10 Feb.
(Codex eburneus
in Bouen Library,
fo. 11.
Trans. 167.)
[1193.]
by tbe bishop or the creditors in recovering it, and confiscating,
if need be, their tenements and possessions, shall pay the actual
money out of the treasury {de fisco regio). They grant these
letters, under their seal {nostra sigillo) to the bishop in token,
that this is done in their presence and that of the companions of
the lord king.
Test[ibus] nobis ipsis apud Lateranum ix. die Aprilis anno
primo post reditum nostrum de Sirya.
279. Letter of Richard I. to Walter archbishop of Rouen.
He thanks him greatly for so promptly and kindly removing
the interdict from the land of the king of France ; but as the
earl of Leicester, who has suffered much for his loyalty to
himself is detained in captivity because the archbishop has not
yet quitclaimed (quietastis) the king of French for the cause
of the interdict, he begs him for love of himself, and for the
earl's release, to execute letters patent, and to despatch them to
the king of the French, absolving him and quitclaiming the
cause of the interdict — especially as he [Richard] has made him
satisfaction on behalf of the said king — and [assuring him] that
he will no longer demand this of him.
Teste meipso apud Salmuram x. die Februarii.
280. Charter of Geoffrey de Sai and of Geoffrey, son of
the said Geoffrey and of Aeliza de Kaisneio. For their weal
and that of all their friends, and for the souls of the said Aeliza
de Kaisneio and of William her son and of William earl de
Magnavilla, they give to the hospital of the blessed Thomas the
Martyr at Drinco[u]rt and the poor brethren dwelling in it the
wood of Periers (Pirariis), with all its appurtenances within
and without, and the church of St. Nicholas of Monnouval,
with all its appurtenances, for the support of the aforesaid
poor brethren in frank almoin. And they deliver this charter
into the hand of their worshipful father and lord, Walter arch-
bishop of Rouen, who, at their urgent prayer, has freely
bestowed the said endowment on those poor brethren.
Actum est hoc apud Rothomagum in capella domini et patris
nostri Walterii archiepiscopi, post missam de " puer natus est "
prima die mensis Januarii. anno ab incarnatione domini
Mocoxcoviii° testibus his: WUlelmo de Constanciis, magistro
Garino Angli[co], archidiaconis ; magistro Simone cancellario ;
magistro Johanne de Sagio, Drogone de Trublevilla, Henrico
de Andeli, canonicis Rothomagensibus ; magistro Eustachio ;
Roberto de Sancto Nichasio ; Gaufrido decano de Sancto Salvio ;
Johanne de Pratellis ; Micha[e]le de Fossa ; Ricardo de Blevilla,
et aliis multis.
[1199-1212.] 281. Charter of Mauger bishop of Worcester, W[ ] prior
(Necrology of the of Little Malvem and Luke de Cally, executors of the will
*'*"TroM 334)°'" (fi^<i'^tores testamenti) oi Peter Caballus, clerk. They notify
1198,
[? 1199.]
1 Jan.
(Original in
Library
of NeufeMtel.
Trans. 475.)
' Several extracts from this Necrology relating to the obits of kings and
magnates are included in M. Deville's Transcripts. They are all printed in Bouquet,
vol. xxiii.
96 MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS.
[1199-1212.]
that Peter, in his last moments, specially bequeathed with his
own mouth, certain of his goods, and committed to them the
general disposition of all his other goods. Out of regard for
the weal of his soul, they ordained, concerning his stone house
at Rouen, which belonged to Reginald Buglarius, as follows : the
two daughters of Richard de St. Wandrille were to have a
moiety of the house, and the two daughters of Renold Marecot,
nieces of deceased, the other moiety, as a marriage portion, on
condition that their fathers paid, in return, to them, or to Luke
de Cailly in their place, 20^ pounds [in money] of Tours for the
poor. If they should refuse, Luke de Cailly was to have that
house, paying to the aforesaid nieces of the deceased, 40 pounds
to [the first] two and 40 to [the other] two, saving to the chapter
of the church of Rouen 40 shillings [in money] of Tours to be
received annually from that house for the anniversary of tlie
deceased. On this their appointment being laid before the
fathers of the said girls, Richard de St. Wandrille, refusing the
moiety of the said house, preferred that 40 pounds of Tours
[money] should be counted out (numerari) to his two daughters
in its place ; [but] Renold Marescot preferred to receive pos-
session, on the above condition, of the moiety falling to the share
of his. They have therefore given him possession of the said
moiety in the name of his daughters, and he has subsequently
satisfied them as to the said 40 pounds of Tours [money]. He
will also pay annually to the chapter of Rouen 20 shillings
of Tours [money], for his moiety, towards the anniversary of
the deceased.
' Sic in Transcript.
97
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF
ST. MARY, EVREUX,
FOR SECULAR CANONS.
[Cartulary^ of the See, G. 6, and Cartulary of tlie Chapter,
G. 122, in Archives of the Eure.]
[1113-1122.]
(Cartulary,
G. 6, fo. 9 ; and
G. 122, fo. 41.
Trans. 23.)
[1114-1135.]
(Cartulary,
G. 6, fo. 110; and
G. 122, fo. 41.
Trans. 24.)
282. Charter of Henry I. addressed to G[eoffrey] archbishop
of Rouen, and John bishop of Lisieux, and Stephen count of
Mortain, and Robert de Haia, etc. A fair is to be held at
Nonancourt on the day of St. Mary Magdalene and two days
previous. All on their way to or from it are specially to enjoy
his peace. Oin bishop of Evreux is to have a moiety of the
issues and himself a moiety.
Testibus : Rannulfo cancellario, et Nigello de Albin[iaco].
Apud Westmonasterium.
283. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the primate and
bishops of Normandy. He gives and grants for the weal of the
souls of his father and his mother and his wife Maud, and of
his own, to the church of Evreux and Audin its bishop, for ever,
all the churches and tithes of Nonancourt, and of Vemeuil,
and of the port of Vernon, with some smaller benefactions.
Testibus : T[urstano] archipiscopo Eboracensi, et R[oberto] de
sigillo, et N[igello] nepote episcopi, et G[aufrido] filio Pagani.
Apud Toucamp.
284. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the bishop of Evreux
and his lieges of the bishoprick. He confirms th6 gift, by
Richard de Herescort and Emma his wife and Gilbert hid step-
son (privignus) of the church of Esmanville to the church of
Evreux as a prebend.
Testibus : Turstino Eboracensi archiepiscopo, [et]^ Bernardo
episcopo de Sancto Davit. Apud Rothomagum.
[1123-1133.] 285. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the bishops of Norwich
(Cartulary, and Ely, and his lipges of Sufiblk. He gives and grants to
%rans'^26)*'' ^™ bishop of Evreux his manor of Bramford (Branfort) and
forty shillings a year from sokemen in the Hundreds of Claydon
[1115-1135.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. i2d.
Trans. 28.)
' Of the 14th century.
e 92684.
2 The hracketed word omitted in Transcript.
G
98
CATHEDR4L CHURCH OF ST. MARY,. EVREUX.
[1123-1133.]
(Clq,indone) and Basmere (Bosemere). He is to hold as the
king held, with freedom from shire [courts], hundred [courts],
geld, danegeld, pleas, and aids.
Testibus: G[aufrido] cancellario, et Roberto de sigillo, et
G[aufrido] de Clintona. Apud Londoniam.
[1123-1135.] 286. Writ of Henry I. addressed generally. The corrody
(Cartulary, (corredium) and everything belonging to the bishop of Evreux,
G. fftom^vidimlt ^^^"^^ ^^^ "^^n can testify (affidare) to be of his demesne, is to
by chapter], fo. 12.) be free of toll and all dues, under penalty of ten pounds.
Teste Roberto de sigillo. Apud Thouc[am].
1131.
(Cartulary,
G. 6, fo. 9; and
G. 122, fo. ild.
Trans. 20.)
[1130-1133.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. 6d.
Trans. 25.)
287. Charter of Henry I. addressed generally. He gives
and grants to the church of [St. Mary of] Evreux and
Audin the bishop the tithe of all his revenues at Verneuil,
and settles the dispute between that church and the monks of
St. Evroul by consent of Audin bishop of Evreux, War[in]
abbot of St. Evroul, and Peter abbot of Blois.
Testibus hiis : Hugone archiepiscopo Rothomagensi, et
J[ohanne] episcopo Sagiensi, et R[oberto] de sig[illo], et
]SIig[ello] episcopi nepote, et Johanne baiocensi, et R[oberto]
comite Gloecestrise filio meo, et G[aufrido] filio Pagani, et
Willelmo iilio Odonis. Apud Rodolium.
288. Charter of Henry I. addressed generally. He grants
to St. Mary of Evreux the land of Bramford {Branfort) in
Suffolk (SudfolG) with its appurtenances, which he had pre-
viously given to Audin bishop of Evreux, and which Audin,
with his consent and permission, had given in alms to that
church. The church of St. Mary is to hold that land as it was
held by the bishop.
Testibus : T[urstano] archiepiscopo Eboracensi, et H[ugone]
archiepiscopo Rothomagensi, et B[ernardo] episcopo Sanct[i]
David, et H[enrico] episcopo Winton[iensi], et W[illelmo] comite
'War[enne], et S[tephano] comite Mor[itolii], et M[ilone]
Gloecestrie, et P[agano] filio Johannis, et G[aufrido] filio Pagani.
289. Charter of Henry I. addressed to his officers for
Normandy and Rouen. He grants to Oin (Oyno) bishop of
Evreux the land and house at Rouen which the said bishop had
purchased from Peter, son of William Brunus, the king's clerk,
and from Rannulf the writer, for 100 shillings of Rouen, for the
use of the church of Evreux. The house to be held as freely as
it was by William.
Testibus : Adel[ulfo] episcopo Carlol[ensi], et comite Legre-
cestrie, et Rogero de Fiscanno, et Willelmo de Ely, et Radulfo
de Hasting. Apud Rothomagum.
1135. 290. Charter of Henry I. addressed generally. * In the
[Ante 1 Aug.] presence of Hugh archbishop of Rouen, J[ohn] bishop of Lisieux,
(Cartulary, A[udin] bishop of Evi'eux, J[ohn] bishop of S^ez, and A[lgar]
%llns %2%^' b^^W o^ Ooutances, and by the common counsel, and consent of
1 See No. 9 (p. 2).
[1133-1135.]
(Cartulary,
G. 6, fo. 9 ; and
G. 122, fo. ild.
Trans. 21.)
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, EVREUX. 99
1135.
all the barons below, thia has been decreed and established con-
cerning those who slay men in the truce and peace of the church
and break truce : namely, that if the slayer be challenged to
trial by battle, that battle shaU be held in the king's court ; and
if he be convicted, the bishop in whose diocese it was done shall
have his fine, that is, nine pounds of the convict's money, from
the hand of the king's justice. If his money amounts to more,
the balance shall be the king's ; if to less, the bishop shall have
it all, and so there shall be nothing taken for the king until the
bishops receive tlie full fine. If the challenger should make
default, the slayer shall purge himself in church by the hands
and the ordeal (judicium) of the church ; and if he should
be there convicted, the fine shall be dealt with as above. And
if he should escape the punishment of slayers and offenders,
and leave the king's land, it shall be the same with the fine.
And if he should make his peace with the king, that peace shall
not comprise the bishop's fine, but he shall pay it to the bishop,
or make his peace for it with him.
Testibus : comite Gloecestrie, et St[ephano] comite Moritonii,
et Roberto comite Leg[recestrie], et Willelmo [sic] Giffart, et
B[riennio] filio comitis, et R[? oberto] de C[ur]ci, et Hugone
Bigot, et Willelmo filio Odonis, et Willelmo filio Johannis,
apud Rothomagum anno gratiae M" et c° et xxxv. presentibus
Nig[ello] Eliensi episcopo, et Aelolfo Carlol[ensi] episcopo, et
R[oberto] de sig[illo].
[1137.]
(Cartulary,
G. 6, fo. 8 ! and
G. 122, fo. 9.
Trans. 54.)
291. Charter of Stephen, repeating above charter of Henry,
and [purporting to be] issued in the presence of the same five
prelates.
Testibus : episcopo Carlol[ensi] ; G[aleranno] comite de
MeUent, et Unfrido de Buh[un], et Rob[erto] Avenell[o]. Apud
Ebroicas.
[1137.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. 7.
Trans. 59.)
[1137.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. 7.
Trans. 60.)
292. Charter of Stephen, addressed to Hugh archbishop
of Rouen and his lieges of Normandy. He grants a fair in
his castle of Nonancourt for three days annually, as insti-
tuted by his uncle king Henry. The church of Evreux is to
have half its profits, and he the other half. All are to be in
[the king's] peace going thither, and returning.
Testibus : A[delolfo] episcopo Carlolensi, et H[enrico] de
Soilli, et G[aleranno] comite de MetUent, et R[oberto] comite
Legr[ecestrie], et Umfrido de Buh[un]. Apud Ebroicas.
293. Charter of Stephen, addressed to H[ugh] archbishop
of Rouen and his lieges of Normandy. For the souls of king
Henry his uncle and lord, and of his own relatives, and for
the weal of himself, his wife, his brothers and his sons, he
confirms to St. Mary's, fivreux, and bishop Audin king Henry's
gift of all the churches of Nonancourt, with the tithes of fields,
mills, ovens, and all his revenues there, and a carucate of
G 2
100
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, EVEEUX.
[1137.]
[1137.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, to. 6d.
Trans. 61.)
[1135-1139.]
; (Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. 7rf.
Trans. 58.)
[1185-1139.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. 7.
Trans. 57.)
[? 1139.]
(Cartulary,
G. 6, fo. 10 ; and
G. 122, fo. 41d.
Trans. 317.)
land and two houses in the town free from dues ; also all the
churches of Verneuil with the tithes, etc., and the tithe of the
port of Vernon, which was in king Henry's demesne, when he
made the gift. ■ ■
Testibus : Adel[olfo] episcopo Oarlolensi, G[aleranno] comite
de Metll[ent], et E[oberto] comite Legrec[estrie], et H[enrico] de
Solli nepote regis, et Humfrido de Bnh[un],i et R[oberto]
Avenello. ApudEbroicas.
294. Charter of Stephen, addressed generally. He confirms
to St. Mary's, Evreux, the land of Bramford (Branfort) in
Sudfolc, as his uncle king Henry gave it to bishop Audin,
and the bishop to the church by king Henry's permission.
Testibus: A[delolfo] episcopo Carl[olensi], et H[enrico] de
Soilli/ et G[aleranno] comite de Metll[ent], et Umfrido de
Buth[un], et R[oberto] comite Legrecestrie, et K[oberto]
AYeneU[o]. Apud Ebroicas.
295. Charter of Stephen, addressed to the bishops of Nor-
wich and Ely and to all his officers of Sufiblk. He restores
to Audin bishop of Evreux the manor of Branfort and the
sochemannes of Claidon and Bosemere and Lose Hundreds
which king Henry had given him. The manor is to be held
as freely as by king Henry when it was in its hands, and its
men to be quit of pleas and shire [courts] and hundred [courts]
and gelds and danegeld and aids to the justice and sheriff
(auxiliis justic' et^ vicec') as by king Henry's charter.
Testibus : R[ogero] cancellario, et R[ogero] de Fisc[anno], et
R[oberto] de Ver, et Willelnao Martel. Apud Westm[onas-
terium].
296. Charter of Stephen, addressed to the bishop of Norwich
and all his oflBcers of Normandy and Suffolk (Sudf). He
gives to the; canons of St. Mary's, Evreux, half the rent and
profits of the manor of Branford, as Aldoen (sic) bishop of
Evreux gave [it] them by his charter, king Henry having given
it him by his charter, and he [Stephen] afterwards.
Testibus: T[urstano] archiepiscopo Eboracensi, et E,[ogero]
cancellario, et R[otrodo] com[ite] de Pertica, et Rannulfo de
Baioc[is], et Ric[herio]* de Aquila. Apud Oxeneford.
297. Letter of T[hurstan] archbishop of York to 0[do ?]
the dean and the canons of St. Mary's, Evreux. They are
aware that he, who bought it, and his brother, their bishop
[Oin], to whom he had given it, gave to Gilbert his [brother's]
chamberlain their house in Rouen to be held of their church
and bishop. He implores them therefore to uphold Gilbert,
and to help him, both on account of his rights and for the
bishop's soul, in gratitude for the bishop's love and kindness
towards them.
' Trans.: "Bulhun." ^ Cartulary :" Soiri " in error.
■' Trans. : " Justitiae et Tioecomitatus."
* Trans. : " Eicardo." So also Invenfaire Sommaire.
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, EVREUX. 101
[1155.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. Id.
Trans. 86.)
298. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
to St. Mary's, Evreux, the manor of Branfort in Suffolk and
40 solidates in sochemen in Clandone Hundred and Bosemere
Hundred, which king Henry his grandfather gave to Oin
bishop of Evreux, to be held as freely as his grandfather held it
in his demesne.
Testibus : Philippo Baiocensi episcopo ; Jocellino Saresbiriensi
episcopo ; Hylario Cicestrensi episcopo ; Thoma cancellario ;
Rag[inaldo] comite Comubie ; Roberto comite Legreeestrie.
Apud Norh[antonam].
[1166-1162.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. 40.
Trans. 88.)
[1165-1174]
(Cartulary,
G. 6, fo. 99 ; and
G. 122, fo. 41 (f.
Trans. 84.)
\Circ. 1174.]
(Cartulary,
G. 6, fo. 10; and
G. 122, fo. AOd.
Trans. 85.)
[1170-1175.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. 43d.
Trans, 82.)
299. Charter of Henry II. (as king of the English \rex
AngV] only) addressed to the bishop of Lisieux and his lieges
of Normandy. It has been decided (recognitum) before him at
Argentan that John count of Ponthieu owes to the church of
St. Mary, Evreux, a wax candle (cereum), every year, [worth]
20 shillings of such money as is current in Normandy, for the fee
of Montgomery which he holds of that church and of the bishop
of Evreux.
Testibus : Phillippo Baiocensi, et Amulfo Lexoviensi, et Hylario
Cicestrensi episcopis, et Thoma cancellario, et comite de Mellent,
et Roberto de Novoburgo, et Willelmo filio Johannis, et Willelmo
de Ansgervilla. Apud Argentonum.
300. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
and confirms to all who dwell at Conde (Condaium) in the town
of the bishop of Evreux all those liberties which the men of
Breteuil (Britolium) enjoy throughout his territory.
Testibus : Rotrodo archiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; R[ogero]
archiepiscopo Eboracensi ; A[rnulfo] episcopo Lexoviensi ;
F[rogerio] episcopo Sagiensi ; G[aufrido] archidiacono Can-
t[uarensi] ; R[icardo] archidiacono Pictavensi ; Roberto decano .
Ebroicensi. Apud Argentonum.
301. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and his lieges of Normandy. He grants and confirms to
those who dwell at Conde, under the bishop of Evreux, or who
may receive dwellings there all the customary liberties and
quittances of those of Breteuil.
Testibus : Rotrodo Rothomagensi archiepiscopo ; WiUelmo
comite de Mand[evilla] ; Ricardo de Humeto constabulario ;
Unfrido de Bohun ; Reginaldo de Cortenai ; Hugone de Laci ;
Seherio de Quinci ; Ricardo de Vernone ; Roberto Marmion;
Ricardo de Clavilla^ (sic) ; Widone de Sancto Walerico ; Willelmo
Malo Vicino ; Gerardo de Clavilla^ (sic). Apud Chivilli.
302. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and his lieges of Normandy. He confirmsto John son of
Luke his purchase as in charter following, but without mention
of the fine.
1 This name should certainly be " Camvilla," which suggests the date oicirc. 1174
for the charter.
102
CATHEDEAL CHURCH OP ST. MARY, EVEEUX.
[1170-1175.]
[1181, Oiro.
March.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. 43d.
Trans. 84.)
Testibus : Kotrodo Rothomagensi archipiscopo, et E[gidio]
Ebroicensi episcopo ; Willelmo de Curci dapifero ; Willelmo de
Glanvilla ; Nicholao de Veiocis. Apud Burum.
303. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and his lieges of Normandy. He confirms to John the
son of Luke and his heirs the land at Rouen in front of
St. Denis which belonged to Roger rnagnus the canon, and
which John bought from Robert the harper (citharista) to
whom the king had given it for his service, arid for which John
afterwards made a fine in the king's court before his justices,
at Caen.
Testibus : Henrico Baiocensi, Frogero Sagiensi, Reginaldo
Batoniensi, Sefrido^ Cicestrengi, episcopis ; Gaufrido Lincoln-
ensi electo ; magistro Waltero de Constanciis Oxon[iensi]^ archi-
diacono ; Willelmo Painel Abrincensi archidiacono ; Stephano
de Turonis, senescallo Andegavie ; Roberto Marmion ; Roberto
de Harewcort ; Willelmo filio Radulfi senescallo Normannie ;
Hamone pincerna. Apud Argentun.''
[July 1181-
March 1182.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. 4Sd.
Trans. 83.)
[N.D.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. 44.)
[1189-1190.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. 24.)
304. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and others. They are to guard, uphold, and protect John
bishop of Evreux, and everything appertaining to him and his
church, as the king's own. Should anyone do wrong to him or
his in anything, they are to see that he has full and speedy
justice. AH who used to pay dues or service to his predecessors
are to be made to pay them to him.
Testibus Ric[ardo] Winton[iensi] episcopo ; magistro Waltero*
de Constanciis ; Reginaldo de Cortenai. Apud Clarendon[am.]
305. Writ of Robert earl of Leicester addressed to his
seneschals and bailiffs of Normandy. They are to guard, main-
tain, and protect the substance, holdings, revenues, and men of
St. Mary's," Evreux, and of the bishop as if [they were] his
demesne substance and his demesne men. They are therefore
to molest them wrongfully in nothing, nor suffer them, so far
as they can, to be molested by others.
Valete, Avete, Gaudete. Amen.
306. Charter of Robert earl of Leicester, notifying that,
for the weal of the souls of his father and mother, and of all
his predecessors, and the weal of his soul and [that] of P[arnel]
his wife, and all their children, he gives and grants to God and
St. Mary's, Evreux, 3 muids of wine from (in) his vineyards at
Paci annually, for celebrating masses in that church, of good
wine, suitable for celebrating masses. Moreover, he gives God
and St. Mary from (in) his mills at Paci one s^tier of good
wheat suitable for making hosts for the celebration of masses.
The said wine and wheat shall be delivered by the hand of his
seneschal at vintage-time.
' Trans. : "Sesf " in error.
' Trans. : " Argentum.'
2 Trans. : " OxeniiE."
Trans. ; " Willelmo " erroneously.
CATHEDRAL CHUECH OF ST. MARY, EVREUX. 103
[1189-1190.]
1189,1 22 Oct.
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. Id.
Trans. 149.)
1190, 2 Jan.
(Cartulary,
G. 6, fo. 8.
Trans. 158.)
1192, 10 Jan.
(Cartulary,
G. 6, fo. 9.
Trans. 161.)
Testibushiis: Petronilla comitissa sponsa mea ; R[ogero] dei
gratia electo Sancte Andree ecclesie de Scocia, et R[oberto] de
Britol[io], filiis meis ; Ernauto de Bosco ; Roberto fratre sue ;
Wiilelmo Brustesauz senescallo de Paci ; Radulfo de Wans ;
Matheo de Breeucort ; Otonone {sic) de Breeucort ; Petro filio
suo ; Roberto Neel ; Radulfo postel ; Gilleberto de Cameles, et
multis aliis.
307. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He grants
to St. Mary of Evreux the manor of Branfort in Sudfolc, with
its appurtenances,- and 40 solidates in socnaen, and in Claydon
{Clandon) Hundred and Basmere (Bosemere) Hundred which
king Henry his great-grandfather had given to bishop Oin and
the church of Evreux.
by Henry T.
Testibus : Waltero
Dunelmensi episcopo ;
Winthonensi electo ;
The manor is to be held as freely as
Rothomagensi archiepiscopo ; Hugone
Ricardo Lundoniensi electo ; Godefrido
Roberto comite Leicestrie ; Wiilelmo
comite Arundelli ; Wiilelmo de Sancto Johanne marescallo ;
Johanne de Pratellis ; Rogero de Pratellis ; Hugone Bardol ;
Gaufrido filio Petri. Datum per manum Willelmi de Lungo
campo Elyensis electi et cancellarii nostri, xxij. die Octobris.
Apud Winthon[iam] anno primo regni nostri.
308. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He has
granted to John bishop of Evreux and his successors for ever
a market at the bishop's town of Conde on Saturday. No one
is to disturb this privilege.
Testibus : Waltero archiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; Wiilelmo
[filio] Radulfi senescallo Normannie ; Wiilelmo de Humeto con-
stabulario ; Roberto de Harew[cort]. Datum apud Vernolium ii.
die^ Januarii, per manum Jobannis archidiaconi Lexoviensis,
regni nostri anno primo.
309. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He restores
and confirms to Morehius le Diveis,^ the fortified house (fortem
domum) of Yllees, with all its appurtenances which has been
adjudged to him as his right and inheritance at the king's
exchequer at Caen, [as] against William de Aneto, before
William son of Ralf, the king's seneschal, and the other barons
at the exchequer, to be held by him and his heirs of the bishop of
Evreux, by the service due from the fief. The bishop is to hold
it of the king. And for the weal of his and his ancestors' souls,
and in atonement for his sins, and in consideration of the wrong
wrought to the church of Evreux, he gives and quitclaims to
the said Morehius the sum of money which his ancestor king
Henry devoted to the fortification of the said house of Yllees.
Testibus : Roberto comite Leecestrie ; Gaufrido de Lezignan ;
Hugone le Brun ; Andrea de Chauvigne ; Radulfo de Mallion
{sic); Gaufrido de la Cele; Wiilelmo de Rupis; Olivario de
' " 1190," wrongly, in Inventaire Sommaire.
2 "II idus" (wrongly) in another Cartulary (G. 123).
' The Inventaire Sommaire gives " Morelinio le Droeis," but the original
Morehius, though the reading is doubtful.
favours
104
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY, EVREUX.
1192.
[1198, 13 Aug.]
(Cartulary,
G. 6, fo. 92.
Trans. 169.)
[1181-1200.]
(Cartulary,
G. 122, fo. 18<i.
Trans. 427.)
Rochefort ; Rogero de Toone ; Gaufrido de Bruslone ; Baldwiiio
de Betune ; Johanne de Pratellis ; Petro de Pratellis ; Henrico
de Grac; Garino filio Geroudi; Gaufrido de Bosco ; Gilleberto
Malesmains; Guillelmo de Mineres, et pluribus aliis. Datum
per manum magistri Phillippi clerici nostri, apud Japhe,^ anno
tertio regni nostri, x° die Januarii.
310. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He confirms
to Cato son. of Moreheus le Diveis^ the gift he restored to
Moreheus his father, namely the fortified house (fortis domus)
Yllees, with . all its appurtenances in fees and demesnes, etc.,
which was adjudged to Moreheus his father, as his right and
inheritance, at the king's exchequer at Caen, against William
de Aneto, before William son of Ralf the king's seneschal, and
the other barons of the king then at his exchequer, to be held
by him and his heirs of the bishop of Evreux by the service
due from the fief. The bishop holds the fief from the king with
his temporalities (regali suo). In consideration of the wrong
wrought to the church of Evreux, the king also quitclaims to
Cato the sum of money which his ancestor (atavus) king
Henry devoted to the fortification of the said house of Yllees.
This quitclaim is not to be revoked or maligantly undone by his
successors.
Testibus : Radulf o comite de Augo ; Guillelmo filio Radulfi
senescallo nostro ; Giiillelmo de Humeto constabulario nostro ;
Guillelmo Marescallo; Guillelmo de Maloleone; Guillelmo de
Stagno; Stepbano dePertico; Gerardo de Fortnival ; Roberto
Tresgoz; ...... camerario ; Roguene de Saceis ;
Johanne de Fraiscia (sic) ; Guidone de Troars ; Bartholomeo
de Insula et pluribus aliis. . Datum per manum Eustachii
Elyensis episcopi cancellarii nostri apud Roquetum d'Orival,
regni nostri anno ixo, xiii" die Augusti.
311. Charter of Robert count of Meulan, notifying that for
the weal of the soul of Simon count of Evreux his uncle, and
[those] of his predecessors, and his own, he has given the church
of Evreux, in alms for ever, to buy oil for six lamps ever
burning, night and day before the greater altar, above count
Simon's tomb, 20 shillings of current money, charged on the
wine-tax {vinagium), due to him yearly at Michaelmas from
the knights of the comte of Evreux. Moreover, his mother
Agnes countess of Meulan has, with his assent, given them,
charged on the vicomU of Evreux, an annual rent of 20
current money for the same light, and Roger
20 shillings for the same purpose, charged on
from Brionne, in the count's presence and with
his
his
his
shillings
brother
revenue
consent.
Testibus: Almalrico comite Ebroicensi ; Rogero deConchis;
Symone de Aneto ; Rogero de Achynneio ; Seherio de Quinci ;
Amalrico de Laci ; Adam de Cirri ; Fulcone capellano ; Radulfo
Galopin.
1 Trans. : " Japha."
See note above, p. 103.
105
ABBEY OF ST. TAURIN, ^VREUX,
FOR BENEDICTIJN'E MONKS.
[Cartularies in Archives of the Eure, H. 793 and H. 794.^]
[1172-1186.] 312. Charter of Hugh de Lacie. For his soul, and those of
(Cartulary, his predecessors and successors, he gives to God and St. Taurin,
H. 793, fo. 69rf.2) ^^^ ^j^g monks there, the churches of Fore and the tithes of
the honour of that town, and the tithes of Tyrebegan and all
Tyrefeihred in his demesne, and the mill at Fore called
St. Fisquin's mill, and the wood near the town, called " Seculum
Nemus " for the habitation of the monks.
Testibus his : Willelmo de Meset ; Willelmo parvo ; Roberto
de alto villari ; Gilleberto de Nogent ; Roberto Flamenc ; Roberto
de Bigart ; Nicholao de Dignon ; Ynono {sicf sacerdote ; Radulfo
clerico ; Nicholao clerico.
[Circ. 1190.] 313. Charter of Herbert de Ma[t*]re giving and granting to
(Cartulary, gt. Taurin and St. Fecchin and the monks there, for the souls
• 93. o. .) q£ Hugh de Lacy and of himself, and his brother Andrew and
his infants Nicholas and William, and all his relatives and
benefactors, two carucates of land at Culcarmoc of the nearer
land adjoining the land of the canons of Culdovony, etc. . . .
Testibus his : Hugone de Lasci ; Roberto de Lasci ; Ricardo
de Tuith ; Radulfo de Tuith ; Hugone de Tuith ; Willelmo de
Meset ; Roberto de Bosco ; Willelmo de Molend[inis] ; B' enart
de CIarend[? ona] ; Rogero de Sancto Hysmael ; Willelmo T'e ;
Rig' de Claren[dona] et pluribus aliis.^
[1186.] 314. Charter of Walter de Lacy. For the weal of his soul
(Cartulary, and [those] of his father and mother and Margaret his wife,
^ran.Mra^'T and all his predecessors and relatives (conjun^i) he gives to
the monks of St. Taurin serving God at Faure (Favorem) all
the land, with its appurtenances, held at Burrin by William de
Andeli, of the gift of his father Hugh de Lascy, as fully as it
was divided [out] to him and perambulated, to be held of him
and his heirs by the monks and their successors in alms for
ever, as free from all earthh'- service as any endowment can be
1 Of the 14th century.
2 Followed by a confirmation by M., bishop of Kells (Cenonensis') to which
Kalf Parvus, archdeacon of Meath, and Gilbert, prior of Lantony, arc witnesses.
3 Bectius : " Yvono " (see Register of the Abbey of St. Thomas, p- 35).
* Erased (compare Register of the Abbey of St Thomas, p. 35).
5 It is a peculiarity of these Irish Charters that the scribe sometimes writes " D "
for " de."
106 ABBEY OF ST. TAURIN, EVREUX.
[1186.]
bestowed on a religious house, saving only the holding (tene-
mentum) of Robert son of the above William, which he and
his heirs are to hold of the aforesaid monks, paying them 15
shillings annually for all service.
Hiis testibus : Willelmo parvo ; Eadulfo p[arv]o ; Waltero
de Sancmello, et multis aliis.
[1194-1224] 315. Charter of Walter de Lascy. He gives to St. Mary
(Cartulary, and the blessed Taurin and St. Fecchin of Faure {de Favorum)
^Tr?ns. 4730 ''' ^"^^ ^^^ monks there serving God, for the weal of his father
and his mother and his relatives, two carucates of land at Faure
(Favorum) to be held as freely as they were by the wife of
Gillebert de Nugent, sister of Richard de Tuith, as the bounds
were perambulated for her, from him and his heirs by the
monks and their successors there, as free from all earthly
service and demands as any endowment can be conferred on
a religious house. He further confirms to the said monks all
the gifts, both of lands and other ecclesiastical endowments
given them by his father Hugh de Lascy.
His testibus : domno Symone Midensi episcopo ; Radulf o
archidiacono Mid[ensi] ; Ricardo de Tuith ; Willelmo parvo ;
Ricardo [de] Feypo ; Ricardo de Broimart ; Alexandro clerico, et
multis aliis.
1195, 15 Jan. 316. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He con-
(Cartulary, firms to the abbey of St. Taurin all the gifts that have been
^'^^194 fo'is)^ made to it. Among the benefactors named are Robert Malet
' ' and Emelina his wife, Gocelinus de Sachewilla and William
his son, Robert de Bellomonte, Gohel de Ivry, Roger the butler
de Nonnanvilla (who became a monk in the abbey) ; Ralf de
Toeneio, who gave, in England, Heseleia, with its appur-
tenances, by consent of William king of the English ; Henry
earl of Warwick, who, for the souls of his lord king William
and queen Matildis and himself, gave, in Wales (terra Walen-
sium), at Gower (Oouherium) the church of St. Kenetus, and
land for two ploughs in the vicinity of that church, and the
tithe of that vill^ (ejusdem ville la.nguene), and a suitable spot
for a mill, and [enough] of his wood for all their necessities
and the tithes of all his rents, and his hunting and fishing and
of all his demesne, and the churches of Tauvin^ and Pennart
with the tithes, and the church of the Isle (de Insula) free of
all claim ; Osbern son of Hugh de Cornuis, at Longueville, by
consent of his lord Roger, the king's butler (pinicerna) ; Richard
de Milleriis, who granted, by consent of his brother William
and his relatives, his rights in the church of Milleres, and
received sufficient food from the abbey all the days of his life.
Testibus : Garino Ebroiciensi,W[illelmo] Lexoviensi, episcopis ;
Willelmo filio Radulfi tunc senescallo Normannie ; Roberto de
Harec[ort] ; Wankelino de Ferreriis ; Henrico de Grai, et pluribus
1 i.e., " Llangennith.'' ^ Sic in H. 793 ; " Tanum," (?) in H. 794.
ABBEY OF ST. TAURIN, EVEEUX.
107
1195.
aliis. Data apud Vallemi Eodolii xv" die Januarii per manum
Willelmi Elyensis episcopi cancellarii nostri, anno vio regni
nostri.
[1206 ?]
18 March.
(Cartulary,
H. 793, fo. 70.
Trans. 328.)
317. Charter of E[ugene] archbishop of Armagh, primate of
all Ireland, notifying that he confirms to the abbey of St.
Taurin and Fechin {Fecchinus), at Favoria, and the monks
there serving God and the saints the churches of Favores and
all the tithes or ecclesiastical endowments which the charter of
Hugh de Lascy confirms to them, with all other ecclesiastical
profits (fructus) that may arise from those churches, and the
land which the said Hugh or other good men have bestowed
on that abbey free from all secular services, with any other
endowments contained in the charter of the bishop of the
diocese.
Datum anno gracie MoccovP, xv. kal. Aprilis.
1 "■Wallem"mH. 793,
108
ABBEY OF ST. PETER, PREAUX,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP LISIEUX.
[Cartulary in Archives of the JEv/re, H. 711.^]
[Girc. lOSO.] 318. Charter of William I. addressed to bishop Ilemigius
(Cartulary, fo. i45rf. and Robert de Oili. The abbey of Preaux (de Pratellis) is to
rans. 1 .) enjoy his alms to it, namely the land of ^Ifhelm (Alfelmi)
and Wulfric {Vulfrici) at Watlington {Watintona) as the
[houses of] other saints who enjoy his alms ; and anyone who
makes a claim there is to lay it before himself.
He also gives five hides at Aston (Extona) with the church
and the burying of the whole vill, having received from the
abbey the vill of St. Clair (Santus Clerus), and given it to his
brother Robert count of Mortain. This land, given in exchange
formerly belonged to Thorix the Dane. He also grants five
hides at Arlscott (Orlavescothy which Roger of Beaumont
{Bellimontis) save the abbey ; and he gives the tithe of
Sturminster (SiurTninistris) and four tithes added by Roger's
sons Robert count of Meulan (Mellent) and Henry earl of
Warwick, namely those of Hill Moreton (Moritona) and of
Norton, and of Whitchurch ( Wincecere) and of Great Harborough
(Herhorbeia). He also grants for the redemption of his soul
and those of his wife Mathildis and his sons, the gifts of Arnulf
de Hesdinch, namely the church of Newbury {Nenberie) with
the tithe of all the revenue from the vill, that is of mills, of
toll (theloneo) and of everything capable of being tithed, and
a hide (hildram) of land and the priest's house free from all
rent, due, or service. He also grants the tithe of Stratfield
(Straphelh) and of Shaw (Sagas) which Hugh son of Baldric,
sheriff of York (Eurohic), gave for the fellowship and prayers
of the monks.
[106(3-1078.] 319. [Notification that] in the days of this prince [William I.]
(Cartulary, f o. 145.) a certain knight Ralf by name of the district of Caux (Galcensi)
by command of that prince and of William Maleth whose
knight he was (cui idem miles militahat) came to Preaux and
gave St. Peter his land, namely that of a vavassor at Buletoth,
that he might be made a monk, which was done. This he did
1 Presented to the archives by M. de Blosseville, in whose possession it was when
D'Anisy made his transcripts.
2 Cf. Domesday I., 2406.
AEBEY OF PREAUX. 109
[10G6-1078.]
with consent of that prince imd of William Maleth in whose
demesne was that land. For this, ahbot Anffrid^ admitted
William Maleth to the fellowship of the abbey. And William
gave the land of a saltpan belonging to him at Harfleur
{Haretfiuce). When William was dead, Kobert his son came
to Pr^aux and confirmed {concessit) his father's gift and re-
mitted the castle-ward (custodias castrorum) which he claimed
(caluTnniando exigebat) from the men of that land. He also-
gave seven measures {ambras) of salt yearly for that saltpan
which his father had given, [and] which the violence of the
sea had broken.
[1066-1087.] 320. [Notification that] in the reign of William I. and by
(Cartulary, fo. 100.) permission of (concedente) Robert^ son of Humfrey [de Vieilles]
a certain knight, Gilbert by name, having no heir, gave to
St. Peter a gift of his whole inheritance, namely all that he
had in the vill of Oonde, in the fields, woods, [and] waters,
with a part of the church there, that he might be made
{quMinus fieret) a monk. He also gave whatever he possessed
by inheritance elsewhere [specified]. After this gift had been
made, it happened that he begot of his own wife a daughter
whom he gave in marriage to Roger de Crucemaris. The said
Gilbert lived in the world (in seculo) many years after this, but
at last became a monk and was buried with the other monks.
When he was buried, Roger de Crucemaris and WiUiam abbot
of Pr^aux and his monks came together, and there was produced
before them the charter where it was written that Gilbert gave
himself and bis possessions to St. Peter of Pr6aux. What need
for more ? After many discussions, Roger besought the abbot
that he might take up (relevaret) the honour of Gilbert from
Roger of Beaumont (Bellemontis) of whom it was held (bene-
ficium erat) and if Roger of Beaumont consented (concederet)
he would gladly thereafter hold (recognosceret) Gilbert's honour
of abbot William.^ Both sides came to an agreement, and the
land was taken up {relevat') by abbot William from Roger of
Beaumont, on the terms (conditione) that the monks should
have half Conde so long as Roger de Crucemaris should live ;
[and] after his death, all that he had there [should be theirs]
entirely except 30 acres of land and [the] house with the court
and the lawn (virida/rio) and two knights, Robert and Roger.
As to what he held elsewhere, with the 30 acres, and the house,
and the two knights,* his heir should take it up (relevaret) from
the abbot or the monks in accordance with the custom of the
land (sicuti mos est terre).
Of this is witness Roger of Beaumont who with his [own]
hand placed the gift of the said honour on St. Peter's altar ;
and, in his presence Roger de Crucemaris similarly put (mis%t)
the gift of it on the altar, and there became the abbot's man in
the presence of Roger of Beaumont.
' d. 1078. ' Sic. ' 1078-1096. ■" i.e., their fees.
110
[1066-1087.]
ABBEY OF PREAUX.
Testes ergo et conscii hujus rationis sunt : Kogerus Bellemontis ;
Turstinus Efflane[us] ; Gocelinus Rufus ; Gunscelinus filius
Osulfi ; Humfridus presbiter ; Willelmus infans, filius Fulconis
Moiri, qui ab memoriam hujus rei colaphum unum coram altari
videntibus inultis suscepit.
[1087-1095.] 321. [Notification that] in the reign of Robert son of
(Cartulary, fo. 127.) William king of the English, Roger de Beaumont gave, etc.
The same day, that count^ (sic) gave to St. Peter, Pr^aux,
20 pounds of English money annually from the tithe of his
revenues oversea, etc. .
[Signa] Roberti comitis de Mellent ; Ricardi Wanescrot ;
Ricardi filii Teoderici ; Anchetilli pinceme ; Willelmi Stotaville
(sic).
[? 1093.] 322. [Notification that] in the year in which William
(Cartulary, fo.n 3d.) Rufus king of the English and Robert count of the Normans
besieged their brother Henry in Mont St. Michel, two brothers
Geoffrey and Roger, sons of Gilbert, came into the chapter of
the monks of Prdaux, and for the soul of their brother Robert
Beleth, recently slain at Evreux, and for those of all their
relatives gave St. Peter and his monks for ever an acre (agrum)
of land of their demesne at Campigni (Gampiniacwin), and
those seven other acres which their father had mortgaged
(posuerat) to the abbot and monks of Pr6aux, and [which] they
had long held (in vadimoniv/ni tenuerant) for fifty shillings of
Rouen (Romeisinorum) which the said Gilbert had received
from the abbot and monks. This they did by a knife which
they brought and placed oa St. Peter's altar in the presence of
the whole convent.
Hujus donationis testes affuerunt ex parte ipsorum : —
Willelmus nepoa et armiger eorum ; Ricardus Wanescrot. Ex
parte abbatis : Willelmus maledoctus ; Radulfus cocus ; Hum-
fridus hospitator, etc. . .
[N. D.] 323. [Notification that] Hugh Fichet of Wanescrot, when he
(Cartuiary,fo.i2id.) became a monk, before he received.the "habit " of St. Benedict,
gave St. Peter of Pr^aux, in the presence and with the consent
of his sons Hugh and Gervase two thirds of the tithe-sheaves
from all his land of Wanescrot, etc So also he
gave the tithe of flax, hemp, and things that can be tithed,
etc
T[estibus] : Rogerius Harenc ; Ricardus Delval ; Ricardus de
Bonavilla ; etc. . .
[N. D.] 324. [Notification that] Hugh Fichet, becoming a monk, gave
(Cartulary.fo. lied.) to St. Peter of Pr^aux, a smith, Geoffrey by name, dwelling
in front of St. Germain, with his house ; also the tithe of his
' Clearly Eoger's son, the count of Meulan.
ABBEY OF PEEATJX.
Ill
[N. D.]
mill_ at Handestuith. On the morrow Robert Maleth coming
to visit him (eum) confirmed (concessit) these gifts at the prayer
of Hugh.
Testes : Rogerius Harenc ; Ricardus de Valle ; Ricardus de
Bona villa.
Hugh his son, after this, came to Pr^aux, and entered the
fellowship (accepit societatem) of the monks.
Testes ejus : Sanson ejus prepositus ; Tustiuus armiger ;
Willelmus miles ; Modbertus ; Testes Sancti Petri : Ricardus
nanus etc
And Hugh gave two [out of three] of his tithe-sheaves at
Wanescrot for becoming a monk.
[1087-1100.]
(Cartulary, fo. 146.
Trans. 420.)
325, [Notification that] in the reign of William the second,
king of the English, son of [that] great king William who
acquired the English (Anglos) by war (bellando), Robert count
of Mellent gave to St. Peter's, Preaux, in England (in Anglica
regione) two tithes, namely [those] of Cerlentone and of
Poststeberia with the two churches of those vills and the land
belonging to them. He also added in another place one vill
when the church, namely Sopeland, was dedicated ; and this he
did with the permission of his lord king William.
[1099.]
(Cartulary, fo. 146.
Trans. 419.)
326. [Notification that] Robert count of Mellent gave to
the abbot and monks of Preaux .(Pratellum) the manor of
Tostes and the tithe of Cerlentone and Posteberies, with the
churches of those two vills, for the soul of king William and
of queen Maud and for the weal and prosperity of his son
William, king of the English, and for the good of the souls of
his parents, Roger de Bellomonte and Adelina his wife, and
for himself, and his brother Henry, and for all his predecessors.
This gift was allowed and confirmed by William, king of the
English at Whitsuntide (in diebus Pentecostes) when he first
held his court in his new hall at Westminster.
[1085 or 1104.] 327. [Notification that] a certain youth, Richard by name,
30 Nov. having recovered the inheritance of WilHam Roherii his uncle,
(Cartulary, fo. 110.) mortgaged (misit in vadimonio) all that land to St. Peter's,
Preaux, and his monks for ten years, for eight shillings sterling
(de esterlins) which Warin the monk, of England (de Anglia)
delivered to him. Richard, having received a small branch of
a rose tree (rose) and a knife, placed (misit) it on St. Peter's
altar, saying : " By this branch and knife I give all this land to
" St. Peter and his monks in almoin (jv/re elemosine) for the
" souls of my relatives, from whom this inheritance came to
" me, and for my soul, free from [any] claim by my relatives,
" if I die within the term of these ten years. If, at the end of
" the term, I am still alive [but] shall not have returned, the
" land shall remain mortgaged to St. Peter till I [do] return.
" And when I shaU return, I "will repay to the monks, on their
" forgiving me those eight shillings sterling, 20 shillings of
112
ABBEY OF PREAUX.
[1085 or 1104.J
Roumois money (de Romeisinis) due thereon (qui super earn,
" jacebant) when I received that land."
Testibus Sancti Petri : Sturmit de Sellis, etc. . . . Hec
conventio faicta est in die festi beati Andree apostoli iiio anno
decemnovenah'. Epacta xxxii™^'. Claves terminorum xxx^^ iiiio^.
1106. 328, [Notification that] in the year 1106 Robert son of
(Cartulary, fo. 1 14.) Humfrey pincema came to Pr^aux and handed over the land
he held in Espagne {Ispania) to abbot Richard and his monks
in mortgage for five years, for the 100 shillings which his
father should have given when he was made a monk, and for
100 shillings in money of Maine (monete Cenomcmnice) which
Robert received from the abbot for 10 pounds of money of the
Roumois (RomesioruTn) all alike (omnes pariter), namely to
repay 15 pounds at the end of the term, and he to receive [back]
his land.
[1105-1118.]
(Cartulary, fo. 146.
TTans. 421.)
[N. D.]
(Cartulary, fo. 136d.
Trans. 41.)
[? 1118.]
(Cartulary, fell 6.
Trans. 445.)
329. Notification that Robert count of Meulan, of those
things which God had given him for his service, gave to St. Peter
of Preaux (Sancto Petro de Pratellis) the manor of Tostes,
with its appendages, adding sac and soc, tol and team, and
infangenumboefe, exempt from all exaction of dues, which the
said count had freely possessed asking William the younger had
held them. All this he gave to the monastery for the soul of
king WiUiam and queen Mathildis and William son of the said
king (filio ejusdem regis), and for the soul of his [own] father
Roger and his mother Adelina and of all his predecessors, for
the weal of king Henry and his wife and his children, for
himself, his wife, and their children.
330. Note that Henry I. for the souls of his father and
mother gave the abbey of Pr6aux a three days' fair at Bois goiet
{Bosco goieth) to be as free as his own.
331. [Notification] that after the death of Robert count of
Mellent, count Gualeran his son, as yet quite a boy {puerul/ws),
gave instructions, by advice of Ralf son of Durand that the house
of St. Germain of the land of Roger Harene and the land of
Fichet should be destroyed. But [when] Gualeran came on the
morrow, abbot Richard took him aside into the chapter-house,
before his father's tomb, and those of his other relatives who
lay there, and implored him to allow, for his lather's soul, the
house of Eudo the smith who shod the packhorses and asses of
St. Peter [of Preaux] and the house and grange of William
Isoret the tithe-collector (decimator), where St. Peter's tithe
was gathered together, to stand. To whom the count made
answer : " I neither can nor oUght to give you the land of my
" knights, but whether other houses fall or not, yet shall not
" these houses, for which you implore me, be destroyed by
" orders of mine ; and this I grant for my father's soul."
Testes : Morinus de Pino ; Lucas de Barra ; Willelmus Isore.
ABBEY OF PRfiAUX.
113
[? 1118.]
But not long after this the pr^vSts of Pont Audemer, namely
Robert son of Girold and William Comte {comes), by order, as
they said, of count Gualei'an, destroyed, with other houses,
those of William Isore and of Geoffrey the smith which [latter]
Hugh Fichet had already given to St. Peter. Then the count,
called upon by abbot Richard, summoned the same William
Comte and bade him allow these two houses to be rebuilt and
to remain undisturbed as alms.
Testes : Willelmo de Pino ; Radulfus de Bellomonte.
[1119.] 332. Notification that in the year in which the boy William
(Cartulary, fo. 119. gon of Henry king of England {sic) did homage to Louis king
rans. 41 .) ^£ France {sic), Godfrey son of Osulf of Handestuith, a tenant
{hoino) of St. Peter of Preaux sold an acre (agrum) of his
meadow adjoining Ansger's meadow to abbot Richard and the
monks of Preaux out and out {oTnniTw) as if he had sold his
horse or his ass, receiving froiT) the abbot 60 shillings in Rouen
money (Roraesirvorum), and a sestier of barley, and freedom for
a year from horse service {serviciwm caballi).
Testes ex parte Godefredi : Anschetillus Rocherol homo ejus ;
Eicardus vaccarius ; Giselbertus frater ipsius. Ex parte abbatis :
Herbertus prepositus ; Giraldus filius ejus ; Helgo de Alneio ;
Mascelinus de Ginboltvilla Malesapiens ; Willelmus Maledoctus ;
Hugo faber.
[1123-1146.] 333, Notification from the convent of St. Mary, War[wick]
(Cartulary, fo. ,')4. addressed to abbot Ricard and all the convent of Preaux {de
.) Pratellis). Their whole chapter has allowed the grant by
their brother Richard of the tithe of Warm [intone] and of
Soteswalle and of Orlavescote.
[1129-1146.]
(Cartulary, fo. 54d.
Trans. 515.)
e 92C84.
334. Notification that Roger Abbadon, gave St. Peter of
Preaux, on becoming a monk {cav^d suimonachatus) the church
of Wilee with a virgate of land and two tofts there, one that of
a certain widow, the other adjoining it; also a hide of land in
Holestorp and all his rights there ; and at Bedoorda one bordar
{bordier) and pannage for all the abbey's swine in (he forest of
that vill, with pasture for all their animals, without and within,
that is, in wood and on plain, without any payment and M'ithout
price. Two earls, Roger of Warwick and Robert of Leicester,
• allowed all this, and Hugh son of Roger Abbadon, who received
six marcs of silver from his father, for his consent, confirmed it
by [pledging] his own faith and by a kiss {osculo). With his
money, moreover, Hugh bought from Hugh son of Richard, in
the will called Esnitevele, a vavassor with all his land, on these
terms : Richard abbot of Preaux received that gift, which Hugh
Abbadon was to defend against all [men] in all things. This
charter {cartula) was confirmed before Roger bishop of Chester,
and Richard Pechiet [the] archdeacon and all the clergy in
synod and in chapter.
Ex parte Rogerii Abbadon testes fuerunt : Hugo filius ejus,
Rogerius comes de Warwic, et Henricus et Gaufredus
H
et
fraties
114* ABBEY OF PRi^AUX.
[1129-1146.]
ejusdem comitis, et Willelmus Gifart, et Henricus dapifer, et
..Colsain, et Ranulf us pistor ; ex parte vero abbatis Kicardi testes
extiterunt : Willelmus decanus ; Baldwinus nepos Abbadon ;
Willelmus de Bonavilla ; Normannus de Holestorpz et Willelmus
f rater ejus, et Volvric de Warmintona.
[1123-1153.] 335. Charter of Roger earl of Warwick addressed to all his
(Cartulary, fo. 48rf. barons and lieges. He confirms the gift that Ralf de Sancto
Trans. 465.) gansone gave to St. Peter and the monks of Preaux [namely]
one hide and a virgate of land in Warminton and the tithe of
Warminton, and that of Ordlavescot, and that of Soteswell and
of one hide which Roger Wandard holds in Soteswell of demesne,
all which were given by Ralf son of Helebold to Richard father
of Ralf in fee for his service.
Testibus : Gundr[eda] comitissa ; Henrico fratre meo ; Will-
elmo Giffardo ; Walterio capellano ; Henrico dapifero.
[N. D.] 336. [Notification that] Adelina wife of Hugh de Montfort
(Cartulary, fo. io4rf.) (ilfonf'is/brif'is), came to Preaux, and was made a sister, saying
thus : " To this place I give my body and my soul, that I may
" here {ibi) be buried before my father and my kinsfolk
" (parentibus)."
Testibus : Pagano presbitero sancti Leodegarii ; Alberto
Turiville ; Rod[ulfus] Efflanc ; Fulcero dapifero ejus ; Herluino
camerario, et multis aliis.
1155. 337. Charter of Gualeran count of Meulan confirming all
(Cartulary, fo. 117.) the gifts of his predecessors to the abbey of St. Peter 6f Preaux
in the year 1155, when Rotrou bishop of Evreux, and Roger
abbot of Bee, and Michael father of the monastery of Preaux,
and Robert de Novoburgo and many other most noble men
were present (residentibus) in his court at Brionne. This he
does for the repose of the souls of his father and mother, etc.
. . . . and his sons Robert and Gualeran, etc. .
[N. D.] 338. Charter of Gualeran count of Meulan addressed to all
(Cartulary, fo. 39.) his lords, men, friends, and lieges (fidelibus). He notifies to
them the agreement between himself and his cousin (cognato)
Roberto de Novoburgo, to whom and to his heirs for ever he
grants the 300 pounds he has from [in] Pontaudemer from the
lord of Normandy, whether its rents increase or diminish,
also IS pounds from the rent of mills there, which he likewise
holds from the lord of Normandy. He also gives him there
40 pounds a year, etc and lands in his
[the count's] new bourg (in novo burgo meo) and at Brionne,
etc '. And, for this, he has become the count's
man against all men, saving his fealty (fidelitate) to the
lord of Normandy, and has quitclaimed all matters in dispute
between them, and has sworn to secure the count in all his
lands and holdings, and [to give him] faithful aid against all
who would wrong him as to his land or any possession of his.
ABBEY OP PREAUX. 115
[N. D.]
And the count will do the same for him. He has also given
assurance (asseev/ravit) to the count, that he will not withhold
fi-om him his [own] castle for making war on all who would
deprive the count of his land. And the count has given him
the stone house, which was [that] of the weavers (texorum) at
Meulan.
Testes sunt : Agnes comitissa ; Willemus de Pinu ; etc.
[1154-1158.] 339. Writ of Henry II. addressed to his officers of Norfolk.
(Cartulary, fo. 80d. The monks of Pr^aux are to hold their lands as free from shire
ans. 136.) [courts] and hundred [courts] and pleas and plaints (querele)
as Robert count of Mellent gave it them and held it himself
when alive.
Testes: Thomas canc^[ellarius] et Robertus comes Legre-
cestrie, apud Westmonasterium.
[1156-1163.] 340. Writ of Henry II. addressed to the justices [and]
? 1159. vicomte (viceeom') of Rouen. Walter, earl Giffard has made
Cartulary, fo. sod, recognition before him and before his [own] barons Eustace de
Trans. 137.) QraniviUa, Mathew de Girardivilla, Gilbert de Hotot, Robert
de Novavilla that the place (platea) where "his kitchen is at
Rouen belongs to the church of Pr^aux and has granted it to
the said church, after his death.
Teste Rotrodo Ebroicensi episcopo, apud Strepeneium.
[1154-1159] 341. Notification by Robert de Novoburgo that, he being
(Cartulary, fo. iod.^) seneschal (dapifero) of Normandy, Walter (Gaulterus) earl Giffard
quitclaimed, in the king's court, the mortgage and purchase
(emptioneTn) which he had in the land which Theard held at
Rouen to the abbey (ecclesie) of Preaux for the weal of his soul
and [those] of his predecessors ; to demise it (diTnissurus) during
his life at his will {pro velle sud), quitclaiming that spot
{sedem) entirely to the said abbey after [his] death, in the
presence of himself [Robert] and the king's barons.
Testibus : Godardo de VaUibus ; Roberto filio Henrici ;
Ada[mo] de Waimevilla ; Mala Herba, et aliis pluribus.
1163. 342. Notification that in the year 116.3, in the reign of
(Cartulary, fo. 31. Henry the younger king of England,* a certain controversy
Trans. 204.) between William de Campineio and the church of St. Peter of
Pr6aux concerning his claim to a measure of wheat was thus
settled. Michael abbot of Preaux agreed to give William 15
pounds of Anjou for releasing his claim, and has done so.
William swore that he will never henceforth raise any claim
against the church of Preaux on the subject. It hajPpened
shortly afterwards that count Gualeran [of Meulan] with
Robert his son and several others came to Preaux at the
■ Trans. . " Cantorb." in error.
= The preceding charter in the Cartulary is the earl's quitclaim of this spot
(where his kitchen stood).
' i.e., Henry II., not as as M. Deville thought, Itenry his son.
H 2
116 ABBEY OP PEEAUX.
1163.
feast of St. Peter ad vincula [August 1] and there the
said agreement (concordia) was recorded and allowed (concessa)
before them so that the count enjoined on Robert his son that
if William or his heir should do any wrong to the church of
Pr^aux in this matter, Robert should, by one of his knights,
defend it, which he granted and promised. Ou the same day
abbot Michael redeemed (redemif) a horse of the said William
worth (de) seven pounds and eight shillings of Anjou, and made
liis peace for him with Walter de Sancto Sansone for fifty-two
shillings of Anjou, so that ten pounds of Anjou were thus settled
(pacificate). Of all the foregoing these are witnesses : Robert
de lovigne, Richard de Tregevilla, Gervase de Grimboldivilla,
Roger de Campigneio, Robertus Peisson, Richard Efflanc,
Humfrey Lengigneor, and Robert brother of Maurice. Then,
to ratify what has been done, abbot Michael and Robert de
Hausvilla and V/illiam de Monasterio Villari went to Beaumont
{Bellimonte'm) and there in the presence of count Gualeran, the
abbot gave the remaining hundred shillings to William, and to
Richard Tehard ; moreover, forty shillings of Anjou to William's
brother, who gave his faith {affidavit) that he would keep this
compact himself.
Testes : Henricus de Novuburgo ; Robertus archidiaconus
frater ejus ; Robertus de Jovigne ; Goscelinus Rossellus ; Robertus
le Brun : Robertus filius Alberade ; Crispinus ; Rainoldus gener
Harpini ; Willelmus de Hangemara ; Robertus frater Mauricii.
Ut autem hec firma permaneat, ego Gaulerannus comes Mellenti
assensu Roberti filii mei munimento sigilli mei confirmo et ratum
esse in perpetuum volo.
[1165, 343. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Circ. 1 Aug.] Rouen and all his lieges of Normandy. He confirms to the
(Cartulary, fo. 30. abbey of Pr^aux and his monks what Waleran count of Mellent
Trans. 138.) -^^^ given them of his rents iit Pontaudemer, namely the tenth
week of all his rents [to be held] as the count holds, [the other]
nine, according to his charter.
Testibus : Rogei o archiepiscopo Eboracensi ; Gilberto episcopo
Lundoniensi ; R[ogero] episcopo Wi[gomensi] ; Roberto comite
Legcest) ie ; Ricardo de Luci ; Alano de Neivilla. Apud Album-
monasterium in Valliis.
\Circ. 1166.] 344. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Cartulary, fo. 29d. Rouen and his lieges of Normandy. He confirms to the abbey
Trans. 189.) ^j Prdaux and its monks 10 pounds of pennies in [rent of]
stalls at Pontaudemer for the annual celebration of the count
of Mellent's anniversary, as given them by count Waleran of
Mellent. He also grants that they may fish in the Risle {Rilla),
annually, for four days at the same anniversary and whatsoever
the count possessed in the fishery of La Mare. They are to
hold in accordance with the charters of count Waleran and
Robert his son and Agnes countess of Mellent.
Testibus : Ricardo de Humeto eonstabulario ; Willelmo Malet
dapifero; Willelmo de Hastingis dispensatore ; Waltero de
Dunstanvilla. Apud Montfortem.
ABBEY OF PREAUX.
117
[1165-1178.] 345. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Cartulary, fo. 28rf. Rouen and others. He confirms to the abbot of Pr^aux the
*"^' ■•' land given by Roger del Esprever and his father to the church
of St. Sanson of Sturville.
Testibus : Henrico episcopo Baiocensi, et Stephano, episcopo
Redonensi ; Johanne (sic) decano Sar[esberiensi]i ; Ricardo de
Humeto constab[ulario]^ ; Hugo (sic) de Laci, et Henrico de
Novoburgo. Apud Montem (sic) Audomari.
[1169-1171.]
f Cartulary, fo. 41.
Trans. 427.)
346. Charter of Robert count of Meulan, notifying that
his father, count Waleran, gave the monastery of St. Peter,
Pr^aux, where he became a monk and was buried, by his will
(testamento), five arpents of newly planted vineyard, and five
arpents of land adjoining it for planting a vineyard, at Osburgen-
villa, absolutely free, which he granted in his father's lifetime,
and now grants, with one tenant (hospes) there, as quit of all
service as on his demesne. He has moreover given, since his
father's death, 10 arpents of land for a vineyard, adjoining the
above land ; and in exchange for 10 pounds of public (publice)
money which the said monastery held in Pont Audemer, for
[celebrating] his father's anniversary, he gives it four arpents
of newly planted vineyard, and half an arpent of vineyard
called Wastel's.
Testes : Rotrodus Rothomagensis archiepiscopus ; Arnulf us
Lexoviensis episcopus ; Haimericus abbas Sancti Audoeni ;
Ricardus abbas de Valle Azonis; Willelmus camerarius de
Tancarvilla ; Henricus de Novoburgo ; Hugo de Sancta Maria ;
Ricardus Bigot ; RobertusBelot; Renoldus de Sancto Philiberto ;
Walterus de Briona.
[1166-1187.]
(Cartulary, fo. 48,
Trans. 429.)
347. Charter of Robert count of Meulan, notifying his grant
\o the abbey (ecclesie) of St. Peter, Pr^aux and the monks
there serving God, for the weal of his soul and those of his
predecessors, quittance for ever from all tallage and aid (tallia
et auxilio) on the land which Hugh " Villanus " his knight
has given them at Cherlentona.
Hiis testibus : Willelmo de Homme ; Rogero Esflanc ; Henrico
Lovet ; Roberto magno ; Henrico Fichet ; Roberto Villano, et
pluribus aliis.
[1166-1187.]
(Cartulary, fo. 48.
Trans. 428.)
348. Charter of Robert count of Meulan notifying that his
knight Hugh, named the Villein (cognomento Villanus), a
devout man, who had thought for the future of his soul, has,
in his presence and that of his barons, given God and St. Peter,
Pr^aux, and the monks there serving God all his rights in
the vill called Cherlentune adjoining Postebere, in lands, men,
waters, meadows, pastures, witli all his dues from the wood
there. This gift the count confirms.
Trans. : " Saresbirise."
2 Cart. ; " Constan."
118
ABBEY OF PEfiAUX.
Testes sunt: Agnes comitissa ; Eogerius f rater comitis ; Seherus
de Quinci ; Willelmus Delamare; Willelmus de Bailleol ; Matheus
de la Poterie ; Ricardus Bigot ; Walterius de Brionne ; Hugo
de Sancta Maria ; Goscelinus Rosseil ; Gaufridus Ficheit.
[? 1173.]
(Cartulary, fo. 31.
Trans. 203.')
349. Charter of Henry king of the English, duke of
Normandy, count of Anjou, son of king Henry, addressed to
the archbishop of Rouen and all his lieges of Normand}'. At
the request of Robert count of Mel lent he confirms to the church
of Pr^aux and its monks quittance fromaU tallage and all other
quittances and liberties as granted them by the count in his
charter.
Testibus : Gaufrido comite Britannic ; Roberto de Monte-
forti ; Willelmo capellano ; Thoma de Sigillo ; Willelmo Mares-
callo ; Seherio de Quince juniori ; Adamo de Ikebue ; Gisleberto
de Albumaria ; Petro de Adevilla ; Roberto de Mara.^
Trans. 347.)
[1142-1184.] 350. Notification by Joc[elin] bishop of Salisbury that
((Artulary, fo. 53d. he has learnt from the affirmation of master Randulf of
Calne, who formerly acted as archdeacon of Berkshire, and
from the testimony of many others, that the abbot of Pr^aux
(Pratellis) has no right to present a parson to the church of
Eston except in the presence of Nicholas son of Turold, and
with his assent.
[1177-8.]
(Cartulary, fo. 28.
Trans. 142.)
351. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and others. At the request of Robert count of Meulan,
he confirms to the abbey of Preaux quittance from all taille to
the count on all the lands it held of him, and all other
privileges conferred on it by the count and bis ancestors.
Testibus: Petro cardinal! et legato; Rotrodo archiepiscopo
Rothomagensi ; Arnulfo episcopo Lexoviensi ;'tegidio episcopo
Ebroicensi ; .Tohanne (sic) decano Saresberiensi ; comite Willelmo
de Mannevilla ; R[oberto] comite Legescestrie ; Ricardo de
Humeto conestabulario ; Henrico de Novoburgo ; Willelmo
Malovicino ; Seihero de Quinci. Apud Cadomum.
[1187.]
(Cartulary, fo. 27</.
Trans. 108.)
352. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
to the abbey of Preaux and its monks the following gifts
made to them : — from Alan pincerna, by permission of Robert
count of Mellent, 100 shillings of Anjou from {in) the stalls of
Pont Audemer, which the count's father, Gualeran, gave Alan
for his service ; from Hugh " Villanus," by the said count's per-
mission, all that he held in Cheorleton, near Posteberi, in lands
and men, etc. with all his right to dues in the wood there ;
from Roger de Portis by permission of Ralf and William his
sons, 15 acres of land which William de Combunio possesses [in
Normandy].
' Bound up after 204.
^ Cf. " Benedictus Abbas," I., 45-6.
ABBEY OF PREAUX.
119
[1187.]
[1187.]
(Cartulary, fo. 29,
Trans. 140.)
TestibusL,: Waltero Rothomagensi archiepiscopo ; H[ugone]'
Dunelmensi, et Henrico Baiocensi, episcopis ; H[ugone]i Covent-
rensi electo, comite Willelmo de Mannevilla ; Willelmo de
Humeto constabulario^ ; Willelmo filio Radulfi senescallo
Normannie ; Alveredo de Sancto Martino ; Willelmo de Mara.
Apud Cadomum.
353. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
to the abbey and monks of Pr^aux the gift of Robert count of
Mellent for the soul of king Henry, the king's son etc., by
permission and assent of Waleran his eldest son, namely rights
to wood [detailed] in his forest of Brotone, for the abbey
infirmary.
Testibus : Waltero Rothomagensi archiepiscopo ; H[ugone]'
Dunelmensi, et Henrico Baiocensi, episcopis ; H[ugone]^ Covent-
rensi electo; comite Willelmo de Mannevilla; Willelmo de
Humeto constabulario ; Willelmo filio Radulfi senescallo
Normannie ; Alvredo de Sancte Martino ; Willelmo de Mara.
Apud Cadomum.
[1187.] 354. Charter of Henry II. to the abbey of Pr^aux. Printed
(Cartulary, fo. 25. in Monasticon Anqlicanum, VI. 1027.
Trans. 143.) '^
[1184-1205.] 355. Charter of Gualeran earl of Warwick. He grants to
(Cartulary, fo. 40. the abbey (ecclesia) of St. Peter, Pr^aux (de Pratellis) and
Trans. 464.) j^j^g monks there serving God the whole vill of- Warmiton, with
all its appurtenances, the berrewiks excepted, which was given
by his grandfather earl Henry, and confirmed by Henry king
of England, free from all earthly service and demands. He
wills it to be held as freely as any alms can be.
His testibus : Willelmo Pichot senescaldo ; Ricardo de
Harecurt ; Thoma de Ardene ; Willelmo de Ardene ; WiUelmo
clerico ; Eleutherio capellano ; Rogero Wandard ; Hamone de
Pratellis, et multis aliis.
1198, 22 Aug.
(Cartulary, fo. 32.
Trans. 171.)
356. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He grants
to the abbey of Pr^aux and its monks [the] quittance from all
tallage which Robert count of Mellent gave them, and all other
quittances and liberties, as confirmed to them by his father's
charter.
Testibus hiis : Waltero Rothomagensi archiepiscopo ; B[ald-
wino] comite Albemarle ; Willelmo Marescallo ; Hugone de
Gornai ; Willelmo filio Radulfi senescallo Normannie ; fratre
Manassero elemosinario ; Brandino clerico ; Eicardo Brieguerr[e],
et pluribus aliis. Datum per manum Eustachii Elyensis
episcopi cancellarii nostri, Apud Rupem de Oirevalles, anno
IX. regni nostri, xxii. die Augusti.
' Trans. : " Henrico," in error.
s Cart.: "Constan.'
120
ABBEY OF BEC-HELLOUIN,
POR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP ROUEN.
[Original Documents in Archives Nationales, Archives of the
Eure, Archives of the Seine , Infdrieure, and Bibliotheque
Nationale. Copies in Archives of the Calvados. Cartulaire de
Normandie in the Library of Rouen ; MS. Lot. 13,905,^ and
MS. Lat. 1 0,058^ in the Bibliotheque N'ationale.^]
[? 1067.*] 357. Charter of Hugh de Monteforti, notifying that he has
(Copy in archives of bestowed On St. Himer (Sancto Ymerio) and grants to abbot
the Eure, H. 76.) jj^^jj^ ^j^^ g^j {bcneficium) which Gilbert held of him [Hugh]
when lie was a knight (eques) of St. Mary, with the whole tithe
of the rents of his [Hugh's] land and of all his woods, namely,
of wild beasts, birds, tbe sale of wood, essarts, honey, pannage,
and all forest dues, and the tithes of all his mills, and fisheries,
and fish ponds, and all his monies and cheeses, all that Gilbert
held at St. Himer, save the half of a certain mill, and the half
of his [own] vineyard, — and three tenants {rusticos), with a
portion of the wood of St. Himer ; and further, in England, the
churches of Bradeborna, and Tiltetona, and Brige with their
lands and tithes^ and of cheebes
and of fish at Hythe (heca) ..... for the doing away
of my offences my brothers Ralf
Ego Itus® Dei gratia Rotomagensium archi-
ep meis hoc anathema confirmo. [Signa] Wuill-
elmi principis Northmannorum ; Hugonis episcopi Lexoviensis,
Hugonis de Monteforti ; Rogerii de Bellomonte ; Hugonis de
Grentemaisnil ; Roberti Bertramni.
[Circ. 1147.] 358. Charter of Hugh de Monteforti, son of Gilbert de Gant.
(Ancient copy By permission (concessione) of Geoffrey, duke of the Normans
[cjiT. 1200] m^ g^j^j Henry his son, and by counsel of Hugh archbishop of
Eure, H. 73.) Rouen and of Arnulf of Lisieux, Rotrou of Evreux, and Philip
' Compiled, apparently, early in 17th century.
^ Cartulary of Envermeu (see below, p. 132).
^ A full and interesting Inventory of the charters relating to possessions in
Enffland existing at the abbey before its dissolution is preserved in the " 500 de
Colbert" (Bibliotheque Nationale), No 190, fos. 51-67
■• The text of these two charters is printed in the Appendix to Vol. VI. of the
Annales Ordinis S. Bencdicti (1739), p, fi9R. The first one is there similarly
imperfect.
° MS. damaged here.
^ . . . . " Imue " in Annales text. As Hugh bishop of Lisieux died before
the accession of William to the see of Rouen, it is necessary to read " Mauril[ius]."
The charter, therefore, is doubtful (see Preface).
ABBEY OF BEO-HELLOUIN. I2l
[Circ. 1147.]
of Bayeux, bishops of Normandy, his wife Haelina and his sons
Kobert and Valeran consenting (concedentibus), and his barons
being present, he gives the church of St. Mary, Bee and its monks
the church of St. Himer (Sancti Yrtierii) quit of all dues, with
its prebends and all its appurtenances, that monks may be
there established, in the place of canons. Moreover, he gives
to God and St. Himer a portion of his wood, etc
And besides this, Haelina Ijis wife gives St. Himer, by his
permission {concessions), a house at Pont I'Eveque (Pontem
Episcopi) which Godfrey Espihart held, and a copse (virgul-
tum) at Pierrefitte (Perefita) which Eichard Poree. held etc.
He also grants that the abbey (ecclesia) may
hold for ever what it held in the time of his grandfather Hugh,
for it held the tithes of all Hugh's woods in Normandy, namely
[those] of wild beasts, birds (volatilibus), the sale of wood,
essarts, honey, pannage, and all forest dues, of all mills, and
cheeses, and monies {pecuniis), and fairs, and all rents of his
land ; and in England, similarly, of cheeses, and of all monies, and
of fish at Hea' (Hee) and one house there, and the tithe of
crops (annonvi) at Bratheburna, Tiltentona, and Esbrige.
[Signa] : Hugonis de Monteforti ; Koberti de Monteforti ;
Valerani de Monteforti ; Helie de Baillolio ; " Roberti de Magna-
villa ; Willelnii Sancti Leodegarii; Galteri Pipard; Koberti
Pipard ; Rogerii de Burgevilla ; Jordan! de Sulleio ; Philippi de
Bevredan ; Hugonis de Bevredan.
1147. 359. Charter of Arnulf, bishop of Lisieux addressed to
(Transcript of Fulk the dean and all the chapter of Evreux. He gives the
archives of cSv^os church of St. Ymer with its prebends to Letard abbot of Bee
H. 1809.) and the brethren, that monks n)ay there be substituted for
canons. Hugh de Montfort and Kobert his son and Adelina his
wife have implored him to do this and have granted it so far as
in them lay. But as he must preserve the church of Lisieux
from all harm, he deems it right to reserve his prebend in the
church of St. Ymer unimpaired for ever, etc
Actum apud Novum Burgum anno ab Incarnatione Domini
MCXLVii. presentibus Rotrodo Ebroicensi episcopo etc. . . .
[? 1147.] 360. Charter of Geoffrey {Godefridus) duke of the Normans
(Transcript oi' and count of the Angevins addressed to Hugh archbishop of
*^°archives'<rf''° Kouen and the bishops nnd barons of all Normandy. He
Calvados.) grants the church of St. Ymer etc. to the monks of Bee as
given and granted by Ernulf bishop of Lisieux, who has set
forth (profecto) in the army of God to the help of Jerusalem.
Teste Roberto de Novo Burgo apud Salmuram.
[N. D.] 361. Charter of Hugh de Monteforti and A[lice] his wife
(Original in archives orivine and fifrantinsT to the abbey lecclesie) of Bee his land and
of ,heEnre,H. 54.) | ^^^f^^ ^^ Marretot.
' Hythe ; " Hseca " in Annates.
122
ABBEY OF BEO-HELLOUIN.
[1149-1179.] 362. Charter of Robert de Monteforti giving St Mary of
(Collated copy of Bec and St. Ymerius and his monks at St. Ymerius for his
the Eure, H.^59.) ^^al and that of his boys, the chapel of St. Nicholas, con-
structed in his castle of Montfort, so that the prior and
monks of St. Ymerius may institute a priest, at their will, in
that chapel to minister there when he or his wife shall stay
there, or his heirs after him. And he offers a gilt candlestick
(candelabrum) on the altar of Bec before these witnesses.^
[N. D.] 363. Charter of Eobert de Monteforti,' giving to Bec and
(Copy in archives of gt. Hiiner ut supra the church of Watertot which Hugh his
t e ure, . .) father had given them, as he is assured by truthful men (a
veridicis) and the chapel of St. Nicholas constructed in the castle
of Montfort, with other gifts [specified] of his father Hugh.^
Isti sunt testes : Rogerius prior de Confl[uentio] ; Valdricus
secretarius ; Gaufridus de Asneriis ; Matheus et Richardus de
Bonesbo ; Eicardus carpentarius ; Eogerus crassus ; Henricus
filius Roberti.
[1149-1179.] 364. Notification by Robert de Monteforti that, about to
(Copy in archives of leave for Jerusalem, he there in presence of abbot Roger and
the Eure, H. 76.) ^j^^ -whole convent of his abbey (eccleaie), has granted to.
God and St. Mary's, Bec, to St. Himer and the monks there
serving God, in frank almoin, all the gifts and endowments of
his predecessors etc for his weal and that of his
boys and heirs.
Testibus^ : Hugone capellano domni Bardul ; Gaufrido de
Asneriis; Matheo de Bosneba; Ricardo nepote ejus, et Ricardo
carpentario ; Rogerio Crano ; Henrico filio Roberti.
1182, 14 June. 365. Bull of pope Lucius addressed to the Prior of St.
(Copy in archives of Himer and his brethren. He confirms to them inter alia in
the Eure, H. 76.) England the churches of Bradeburna, Tiltentona, and Esbrugge,
with all their appurtenances especially the tithe of fish from
Hythe (Heca*) etc [and] of the gift of Henry the
illustrious king of the English the chapel of Beaulieu (Bello
loco) with tithes and all appurtenances, etc of the
gift of Oliver de Albineio one vavassor paying 5 shillings with
the reguard (reguardis) and all appurtenances etc
xiiii. kalendas Julii .... anno mclxxxii. pontificatus
vero Domini Lucii tertii anno secundo.^
1189. 366. Charter of Ralf bishop of Lisieux. Following in the
(Copy in archives of footsteps of his predecessor Arnulf. He confirms to R[oger]
the Eure, H. 76.) ^^iQ abbot and the monks of Bec the church of St. Himer
etc
Acta sunt hsec apud Beccum anno incarnationis dominice
MCLXXXix. in die videlicet sepulture Roberti juvenis de
1 Ends here. ^ rphe gifts in England are omitted.
3 MS.: "Teste." M" Heta."
» The text of this bull is printed in the Annales as above.
ABBEY or BEC-HELLOUIN. 123
1189.
Monteforti, fratris Hugonis de Monteforti, ubi idem Hugo de
Monteforti, ad preces matris sue Clementie, ecclesiam ssepe
nominatam S[anoti] Ymerii quam Robertus, pater suus, iniquo
circumventus consilio, monachis Beccensibus dudum abstulerat
pro anima patris sui et fratris sui Roberti juvenis et sua in
manu nostra resignavit etc
Testibas : Gilleberto Crispino ; Andrea de Vitreio ; Gaufrido
de Arnetiis ; Willelmo de Betbevilla ; Willelmo de Baillol ;
Radulfo senescallo ; Hugone de Parco ; Waltero Grobout ; Hugone
parvo.
1194. 367. Charter of Hugh de Monteforti. For the weal of his
(Copy in archives of soul and [those] of his father and mother and his brother Robert,
t e Eure, H. 76.) ^^^ .^^l his predecessors, he gives and grants to Bee and
St. Himer the church of St. Himer which Robert de Monteforti,
his father, under evil counsel, had taken from the monks etc.
also fifty shillings [in money] of Anjou which
Clementia his mother gave to be received annually from Orebec
for the lighting of the church of St. Himer etc
For this gift and grant he has received of the charity of the
priory (ecclesie) of St. Himer 20 pounds of Anjou by the hand
of Robert de Cadomo then its prior.
Acta sunt hec incarnationis Dominice anno MCXCIV. anno
scilicet quo Kichardus rex Anglie de Alemannia reversus est
coram his testibus : Almarico de Spineto ; Gaufrido de Bette-
villa, et Ricardo fratre ejus ; Rogerio de Candos-; Roberto de
Wivra ; Ricardo filio Landerici ; Gilleberto de Caablo ; Hugone
madido ; Roberto de Valle ; Petro Rege ; Hugone de Parco ;
Radulfo senescallo ; Rogero Ebroicensi ; Gillermo de Longolio ;
Anschitillo Basso ; Hugone parvo ; Ricardo de Putot ; Roberto,
de Cambat ; Joanne Ostiario.
[? Circ. 1087.] 368. Charter of Roger de BeUomonte, granting to the
(.MS. lat. 13,905, church of the Holy Trinity, IBeaumont, for the weal of the
fo. 6d.) gQ^ q£ jj-g Jqj.j ■\\riiiiaii), conqueror (expngnatoris) of England
and duke of the Normans, and of his wife queen Mathildis and
of his SODS, etc [grants in Normandy]. These
gifts he has confirmed at the dedication of the above church,
with the approval and permission of his lord king William,
conqueror of England, and duke of the Normans, his [own] sons
Robert count of Meulan and Henry earl of Warwick consenting.
In assensu et presentia Willelmi venerabilis Rothomagensis
archiepiscopi, et Gisleberti Ebroicensis episcopi, et Gisleberti
Luxoviensis episcopi. Testantibus Roberto Normannorum duce,
et Roberto filio Anschetilli de Tebotevilla, fratribus suis Ra-
dulfo et fortino (sic), et. Willelmo dapifero de Formovilla, et
Mauricio de Pinu, et Gisleberto filio suo.
[1101-1118.] 369. [Notification that] in the reign of Henry king of the
(MS. lat., 13,905, English, Robert count of Meulan, of the lands and honours he
^°- ^^-^ had acquired in England, gave the church of the Holy Trinity
124
[1101-1118.]
ABBEY OF BEC-HELLOUIN,
of Beaumont and its canons a certain manor near Hungreford
Edevetona^ by name, as quit as he held (habebat) it in demesne
of the king of the English, and, further, the church of Blendf ort,
of the gift of his wife countess Isabel, his lord Henry king of
the English confirming [the gift]. At the same time, the said
Elisabeth (sic) countess of Meulan gave the same church, for its
lighting, 20 shillings from (in) the toll of Beaumont by consent
of her husband count Robert, etc.
1142, 8 Dee. 370. Charter of Gualeran count of Meulan. To improve the
(MS. lat., 13,905, state of the church of the Holy Trinity of Beaumont, by the
■ ■' counsel and with the assent of Rotrou bishop of Evreux and other
religious persons, he gives to God and St. Mary of Bee that church
with all its appurtenances, given either by its founder, his grand-
father Roger de Bellomonte, or by his father Robert count of
Meulan or by other [of the] faithful to that day. He therefore
confirms all these gifts to that church now in subjection to the
abbey (ecclesie) of Bee, and gives it and the monks of Bee
serving there ten librates of land in England, in his manor of
Veia, etc
Ego Gualerannus comes Mellenti relegi et subscripsi ; Rotrocus
Ebroicensis episcopus; Philippus Baiocensis episcopus tunc
temporis ecclesie Sancte Trinitatis Bellomontensis decanus;
Gilderius abbus Lire ; Herveus de Lierru^ ; Robertus de Novo
burgo ; Henricus de Ferrariis, etc (sic) .... actum publice
in capitulo Becci anno ab incarnatione domini 1142 (sic) 6 idus
Decembris.'
[1100-1107.] 371. Charter of Henry I. addressed to all his vicomtes in.
MS. lat. 10,058, whose vicomUs the abbey of Bee [holds] lands or churches or
"■ ^^'' tithes. He grants to the abbey and abbot William all the
lands, churches and tithes confirmed to them by his fatiier or
brother, as held in their time.
Testibus : Guillelmo de Willerwast,* et comite de Mellent,
et comite de Warvic.
1121. 372. [Notification that] in the year 1121 William Maletgave
(Quasi-original in ConteviUa to St. Mary of Bee, for the weal of his soul and
*Ea^(^^H°28^*^ [those] of all his relatives as quit and entire as he and his
predecessors had held it. King Henry confirms (concedo) this
gift for the weal of his soul and [those] of his wife and all his
predecessors.
[Crosses] : — Henricus rex ; Adeliza regina ; Willelmus epis-
copus Wintonie ; Rogerus episcopus Salesberie ; Rannulfus
cancellarius ; Drogo de Munceio ; Walterus filio Ricardi ; Hugo
de Gornaco ; Gualeramus comes Mellenti ; Rodbertus comes
Leecestrensis.
' See Domesday I., 576 (1). 2 Reading uncertain.
^ Followed in the MS. lat. by a confirmation, of same date, by Kotrou bishop
of Evreux.
* i.e., " Warelwaat."
ABBEY OF BP:C-HELL0UIN. 125
1131. 373. Charter of Henry I. generally confirming to the abbey
(MS. lat. 13,905, of Bee all gifts made to it.
audientia et presentia Hugonis archiepiscopi
Rothomagensis, et Johannis episcopi Lexoviensis, et Audini
episcopi Ebroicensis diocesalis, et Johannis episcopi Sagiensis, et
Roberti de sigillo, et NigoUi nepotis Rogeri episcopi Sares-
beriensis, et Roberti comitis Glocestrie filii mei, et Willelmi
[comitis] de Warenna, et Waleranni comitis Mellenti advocati
ecclesie supradicte, et Roberti comitis Ijegrecestrie, et Walteri
Gifard, et Rabeli de Tnucarvil]a, et Brientii filii comitis, et Hu-
gonis Bigot dapiferi, et Roberti de Haia dapiferi, et Umfrldi de
Buhun dapiferi, et Willelmi filii Odonis conestabuli, et Willelmi
de Roumara, et Henrici de Pomeria, et Gaufridi filii Pagani.
Peracta feliciter apud Archas in transitu meo in Angliam
anno ab incarnatione domini Jesu Ohristi 1131 et regni
mei 31.
1133. 374. Charter of Henry I. addressed generally for England.
(Original in MS. He grants to God and St. Mary of Bee, and the monks there
lat. 9211.) serving God, in alms for ever, for the weal of the souls of his
father, mother, and predecessors, and the remedy of his sins,
and the [good] estate and safety of his realm, the manor called
little Occhebuma, for the clothing of the monks, with all dues,
liberties, and possessions belonging to that manor as Brian
{Brientins) son of the count and Matillis his wife, whose manor
it was, gave and granted to them in his presence. This their
gift and his gi-ant he confirms, by his royal authority and
the power granted him by God, to that abbey (ecclesie) for
ever.
T[estibus] : Hugone archiepiscopo Rothomagensi, et Audiiio
episcopo Ebr[oicerisi], et R[oberto] de sigillo, et Roberto comite
Gloec[eHtrie], et Hugone Bigoto, et Umfr[ido] de Buh[un], et
Roberto de Ver, et Roberto de Curei, et G[aufrido] filio Pagani.
Apud Rothomagum. Anno Inc[amationis] Domini MC^ xxx.
tercio.
(Tr&or des Chartes, 375. Vidi/mus by Charles eldest son of [John] king of
,v^^^l^^^^<.^ France in 1361 of a Vidimus by the bailiffs of Rouen, in 1285,
Trans. Vol. 133, » ,, » ,i • ''
No. 279.) of the following : —
1134. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the archbishop of Rouen
(MS. lat. 13,905, and all his officers of Normandy. Recognising^ the pre-eminence
*°- ^-^ of the abbey of Bee in religion and charity he deems it fitting
to grant it more specially than others certain rights ot the
' " Anno C " in capitals.
2 The plural form is used throughout, hut this, like the errors in the witnesses'
names may possihly he due only to corruption in a second-hand Inspeximus. It
is, however, also found in the MS. lat. texts, of which one omits the portion of the
charter following the second " 18 shillings," while the other (fo. 9d.) gives the
whole as above.
126 ABBEY OF BEC-HELLOUIN.
1134.
crown. He decrees therefore that if any of its men within
the parish of Bee strike another in a sudden quarrel,
without malice prepense (odio veteri), he shall, for this, pay
a fine of 18 shillings to the abbot and monks, but if he
be convicted of doing this of malice prepense, he shall pay
40 shillings. If a stranger, in a sudden wrath, strike anyone
within the parish, he shall prove his innocence in the abbot's
court or pay the fine adjudged by that court. If anyone within
the vill of Bee, or without it in the parish, shall be guilty of
deliberate assault, he shall pay 60 shillings. And if the abbot's
men shall see anyone so offending and shall not arrest him they
•'shall either prove in the abbot's court that they could not, or
shall pay, each of them, eighteen shillings. None of the abbot's
men is to enter the vill of Bee, armed by day or by night.
Anyone so found, except he be about to travel on his business
shall pay 18 shillings. The men of Bee shall not [have to] leave
the vill to make oath, but the king's officers shall come in to
the abbot's court and hear their oath there if [it be] needed.
No buyer of victuals for the monks or pack horse [of theirs] shall
be taken or disturbed at markets, or elsewhere, on any plea,
but shall enjoy the same liberty as the king's. And if one of
their men be seized or detained anywhere, on any plea, he shall
be given up on security (per plegiwm) to the monks of Bee or
their officers, and [the case is] not to be removed to any other
court except for failure of justice on the part of the court of
Bee. Throughout the parish of Bee the monks shall enjoy all
the pleas of the crown (regias libertates),^ except only rape, for
which secular judges are better fitted (honestius existimus
seculares quam monachos judicare) than monks. And the
monks' men of the parish of Bee shall be quit of pleas, claims
and assises of work on castles, bridges, ditches, and trenches
(trencher') and all secular service and all exaction[s]. And
whenever the parish of Bee has to pay any money, it shall
go to the monks.
Testibus : Audino episcopo Ebr[oicensi] ; Adel[ulfo] episcopo
Carl[eolensi]^ ; Safredo episcopo Cicestr[ensi]^ ; et Koberto de
Ver,* et B,[oberto] de Curci,^ et Hugone Bigot," et R[oberto] de
Haia, et B[riennio] filio comitis, et Gaufredo' filio Pagani, et
Drogone de Monci* (sie), et Baldwino^ filio Gisliberti. Apud
Rotomagum, anno incarnaeionis dominice 1134^" peracta^^
feliciter in Christo.^^
Charter of Henry I. granting the monks of Bee all liberties
from pleas, amercements, and toll. None of his officers is to
trouble them as to this under penalty of ten pounds.
Teste Roberto de sigillo apud Rothomagum.^^
' Several are specified. 2 Xrans. : " Cal."
' Trana. : " Ciscestrensi." ' Trans. : " deu'." * Trans. " Curti "
« Trans. : " gig'." 7 Trans. : " GafiKdo."
8 Trans. : " Monti." 9 Trans. : " Radulfo."
'"Trans.: " millesimo c°xxx°iiii°." " Trans.; "facta."
>' This list of witnesses is taken from the text in MS. lat. 13,905, fo. 9d.
'^ In this charter the king employs, as elsewhere, the singular form.
ABBEY OF BEC-HELLOUIN. 127
[N. D.] 376. Charter of Robert son of Gerold. He grants to the
^*^S,^H"Tr'''^^^y (ecc?esm) of St. Mary of Bee and the monks there
Trans. 477.) ' «e»'ving God the church of Clive, on his return from Wales (in
reditu mso de Gualia), with the right of patronage and all its
appurtenances, in wood and plain, in meadow and pasture, and
the land of Lege and the land of Harewude, with the whole
grove, in alms for ever, for the love of God and the weal of his
soul, and for the souls of his father and mother, and of his wife,
who there lies buried. He offers this charter on the altar of
St. Mary's, Bee.
His testibus : Eadmaro capellano ejusdem ecclesie ; Ailwardo
fratre suo ; Godwino clerico ; Rogero filio Geroldi ; Gilleberto
de Cantelu senescallo domini Roberti ; Geroldo de Tantune ;
Roberto et Willelmo de Malaunei.
[N. D.] 377. Charter of William de Roumara. He notifies that
(Original in archives he has inspected the charter of Robert son of Gerold, by
T^r^^'.)^' '^^<^^ lie granted to the abbey of St. Mary, Bee and the
monks, the church of Clive, and that it is worded thus (see
No. 376).
This charter of his predecessor Robert, he ratifies [repeat-
ing its tenor] for the weal of his soul, and those of all his pre-
decessors.
Testibus hiis : Bernardo priore de Novo foro ; Roberto de
altaribus ; Oino ; Waszone, monacho de Becco ; Rogero capel-
lano de Braimolt; Hugone de Chenesee; Hugone de Sancto
Petro in campis ; Roberto nigro.
[1123-8.] 378. Charter of Stephen, count of Mortain, addressed to
(Original in archives G[eoffrey] archbishop of Rouen, T[urgis] bishop of Avranches
" TY^^^'^oe S'"' ^^^ ^11 ^is lieges of Normandy. He grants to the abbey of Bee,
its abbot and monks, the lands which William Pevrellus of
Dover gave them, with consent of his brothers, Hamon and
Payn, which are [now] of his fee, namely the church of Buat,
with all that William had there and the vill of Lire with its
appurtenances.
Testibus : Turstino archiepiscopo Eboracensi ; Audoeno epis-
copo Ebroicensi ; Bernardo episcopo de Sancto David, et Gau-
frido Cancellario, et comite Waltero Giffardo, et Roberto comite
Leecestrie, et Willelmo de Tancarvilla, et Willelmo de Albinn[eio],
et Nigello de Albin[neio], et Willelmo filio Odonis, et Gaufrido
de Glintona et Rannulfo de Baioc[is], et Pagano filio Johannis.
Apud Rothomagum. Fuit facta hec concessio in presentia
domini et avunculi mei Henrici regis Anglorum et in presentia
omnium qui subscripti sunt.
1138(?), 8 March. 379. Notification by Hugh Tirel that he gives to the abbey
(Original in archives of Bec and the monks at Conflans {Cwmflwentum) for the soul
"*t7^s"^49?V°' 9^ liJs mother, who there took the religious dress, and there
died, [a rent charge of] ten marcs of silver in the manor called
Lavigahan. to be enjoyed in their own right at Michaelmas.
128 ABBEY OF BEC-HELLOUIN.
1138.
Hoc concessum est apud Piceium castrum^ anno MCXXXViii.
viii. idus martii. Huic conventioni interfaerunt
Robertus prior Cunflensis, Gilduinus filius Waleranni, Willelmus
prior Picensis, Erardus et Hugo canonici, Gaufridiis miles et
Warnerius frater ejus, et Girardus de Copenvilla, Johannes et
Robertus Rufus famuli monachorum.
1143. 380. Charter of Robert de Novoburgo. With the consent
{Vidimus of 12S5 of his mother Margaret countess [of Warwick], his wife Gode-
Evreux, G. 125, to God and St. Mary of Bee 8 pounds (Librae denariorum) of
fo. i48rf. money of Rouen (Rothomagen') from Pont Audemer yearly,
Al8oMs.iat.^i3,905,^^^ he grants sixty shillings (so?idos c^ewW-
oruTTh Romeliorumf of Rouen money (?) from Pont Audemer, of
his fee, which William" son of Robert gave St. Mary's, Bee,
etc
Testibus ex parte Robert! : Guilleberto de Bigart ; Rogero de
Sancta Columba, etc Ex parte ecclesie Becci :
Galleranno comite Mellenti ; Willelmo filio Roberti ; Willelmo
, de Pinu. Actum est hoc anno ab incarnatione domini M°C°XLIII°.^
[1155-1164.1 381. Charter of William, brother of the king of England,
(MS. lat. 10,058, addressed to his vicomte and all his officers and men of Dieppe.
fo. 89.) jjg graritd, in alms for ever, that all the monks of Bee, wherever
they may dwell, on either side the sea, shall be quit oi passage
[money] at Dieppe and of all other dues, and all their men, and
property also. And no one is to wrong them therein.
Testibus : Alano de Falesia ; Hugone de Cressy.*
[1173-1175.] 382. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He confirms
(Tr^sor des Charles, to the abbot and monks of Bee all gifts made to tliem in
J. Reg. 92, No. 58. gQgiand and Normandy, with all tlieir liberies [specified at
MS.Tat. 13,905, ^reat length].
fo. 21.) Testibus : R[otrodo] archie ()iscopo Rothomagensi ; Egidio
episcopo Ebroiceiisi ; R[adulfo] canc[ellario°] ; Johanne decano
Sarisberiensi ; R[oberto] decano Ebrociensi ; R[oberto] comite
Leicestrie ; R[icardo]^ de Canvilla ; Simone de Tomebu.' Apud
Kivilli.
Oct-May. 383. Charter of Henry II. addressed to his bailiffs and
[1174-5.] lieges of Normandy. He grants to the abbot and monks of
(Original in collection Bee [permission] to take what they require in his forests of
°*'ftan8'T29'' Rouvray (Roveraium) and Bord, pastuie there for their animals,
Partial facsimile.) and freedom for their demesne swine from pannage and all
other dues throughout his woods and forests of Normandy.
' Wrongly rendered " Poissy " in Inventaire Sommaire.
' The MS. lat. text omits the last two words.
3 The MS. lat. adds here " [Signa] Eoherti de Novo Burgo ; Gualeranni comitis
Mellenti; Henrici filii Roberti de Novo Burgo; Radulfi fratris Henrici de Novo
ISiirgo." In the MS. lat. this charter is followed hy one of Henry, son of this
Robert de Novoburgo, confirming it, m 1178, his own gifts being farther confirmed
by his son Robert in 1190.
* Compare No. 185. * Trans. : "Cant'." " "Trans.: "E."
' This list of witnesses is taken from the MS. lat., as the Transcript contains
several errors.
ABBEY 01? BEC-HEliLOUIN. 129
[1174-5.]
Testibus : R[otrodo] archiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; Ricardo
episcopo Wintoniensi ; Johanne decano Saresberiensi ; Hugone
de Cressi ; Sehero de Quenci ; Alveredo de Sancto Martino.
Apud Vallem Ruellii.
[Circ. 1189.] 384. Charter of Henry II. to the abbey of Bee. Printed in
(Cartulary of Mon. Ang., VI. 1067.^
Evreux, G. 122, fo. 15. Trans. 93. Cartulaire de Normandie, Trans. 133.^)
[1189-1193.] 385. Charter of Hubert bishop of Salisbury. Considering
(Ori^al in ajchiTes the religion (religionem) and hospitality of the monks of Bee,
o Trenx, H. 10.) j^g grants and confirms to them for ever the church of greater
Ockeburn', with all its appurtenances, permitting them to
convert to their own use all the profits of that church, and to
dispose of them as they will, saving the bishop's dues, and the
support of a sufficient chaplain, and of those who shall minister
in that church on behalf of the monks.
Hiis testibus : Ranulfo thesaurario Saresb[iriensi] ; Magistro
Symone de Scal[is] ; Waltero capellano nostro ; Gregorio clerico ;
Magistro Nicholao ; Magistro Fulchero ; Thoma de Stokingebir' ;
Roberto de Rudeb[ia] et aliis.
[1192-1197.] 386. Charter of Savaric bishop of Bath, notifying that he
(Original in archives has inspected the charter of Robert son of Gerold (see No.
° Traus^assS 376), by which he grants to the abbey of Bee, and the monks
there serving God, the church of Glive [recited]. Following in
the footsteps of R[eginald] late bishop of Bath, he confirms it,
granting that the said monks may apply the church of Clive to
their own uses, saving episcopal rights.
Hiis testibus : magistro Ricardo de Wilton ; magistro Alex-
andre, magistro Ernaudo, medicis ; Ricardo Constancie archi -
diacono ; magistro Rogerio de Herevilla ; Rogero de Bonavilla,
Johanne Chauvel,* clericis ; Radulfo Tessun ; Gaufrido Furnerio ;
Hugone coco, et multis aliis et clericis et laicis.
[1192-1197.] 387. Letter to Savaric, bishop of Bath, from Roger de
(Original in archives Yer and master Peter de Mesnilio, his clerks. As they were
" Trans''384 )^^ ignorant that the advowson of the church of Clive belonged to
the monks of Bee, his predecessor [bishop] Reginald had collated
them to it on the presentation of the most noble earl William de
Romara. They have since inspected the charter from Robert son
of Gerold, the said William's predecessor, which the monks
possess, also the confirmations of the pope and of the bishop's
predecessor R[eginald] to the monks ; and they consulted there-
upon discreet men learned in the Law {legis peritos) ; and
having taken counsel with them, at the entreaty also of
William de Romara, who wishes to confirm what was done by
' William de Mara, a witness in the Monasticon, is not found in the Cartulary.
Deville's Transcript has " dicto," in error for " clerico " [de camera] .
2 The latter text has no witnesses, but appears to be the same charter, though
recording a separate donation.
3 .Trans. : " Channel,"
e 92ti£4. < 1
130 ABBEY OF BEC^HELLOUIN.
[1192-1197.] ~ \
his predecessor, and to correct his own mistake, and at the
entreaty and advice of the lord [bishop] of Ely (Heliensis)
they renounced [their claim to] the said church and resign it to
the bishop. And because they cannot come in their own
persons — and he wlio sends a letter comes for all purposes
{satis) — they humbly beg his excellency to ratify this restitu-
tion and resignation, and to allow the monks the right they
ought to have in the said church.
[1192-1197.] 388. Charter of Savaric, bishop of Bath. Observing the
(Original in archives pre-eminence of the monks of Bee in religion and hospitality
" TranTass )' t^^*^ anxious] that they may be freer for [the duties of] religion,
and able to be [even] richer in good works, he grants them the
church of Clive, of William de Rumara, with all its appurte-
nances, as a possession for ever, permitting them to apply to
their own use all the revenues (fructus) and profits of that
church, and to dispose of them as they may deem best, saving
the bishop's dues and honourable and sufficient sustenance for
a chaplain and for those who shall minister in that church by
appointment of (per) tlie monks.
Hiis testibus : R[icardo] Constantienci archidiacono : B[ald-
wino] cancellario Saresb[iriensi] ; K. de Viltemunt ; J.^ de
Montaicuto, et multis aliis,
1199. 389. Charter of Savaric, bishop of Bath and Glastonbury.
(Origiiihl in archives By the common counsel and assent of Alexander dean of Wells
" Tralfts^aai ) ^^^ ^^ whole chapter, he grants to the abbots and convent of
St. Mary's, Bee for ever the church of St. Andrew, Clive,
with all its appurtenances, as a prebend of Wells ( Well[ense]m)
appointing and granting that the said abbot and convent shall
hold that church for ever free of all exactions from bishops,
archdeacons, or their officials, as a free prebend, and that they
shall be Cfinons thereof enjoying stall in choir, place in chapter,
[share in] the common fund (coTrvmunia), and full participation
Ifraternitatem) in the church of Wells, in life and in death
like the other canons, save that they shall never be compelled
to reside in person, and that nothing shall be done to compel
them to do so. They shall provide a vicar to reside for ever
in the church of Wells, and to discharge the priestly oBBce
for them, and he shall receive from them four marcs sterling
a year, ohe every quarter through the proctor whom they
shall appoint for the church of CUve, as well as all else that
a vicar so taainistering should receive according to the custom
of the chutch of Wells. He grants also that when an abbot
of Bee died, his obsequies (ohsequium) shall be celebrated in
the church of Wells on the day of his obit, and on the day
of his anniversary [? as] for the bishops of Bath, as to the
spiritualities (spiritualia), and, at the middle day (medio
tempore) as for one of the canons; and when one of the
brethren dies, his obit and the anniversary day [shall be
celebrated] as a canon's, and the middle day as a canon's, in
matters spiritual (in sjnritualibus), save procuration. He
1 "T" in Transcript.
ABBEt OF BEC-HELLOUIN. 131
1199. ~
further grants that whether the abbot, or a monk, or one of
the order of Bee shall pass through Wells, he shall enjoy full
commons {communia), like a canon of Wells. And he and his
brethren are to enjoy the same [privileges] in life and in death
in the church of Bee by grant of its brethren.
Actum anno gratie Mocoxcixo in presentia domini H[uberfci]
Cantuariensis^ archiepiscopi, Radulli primi abbatis de Cliva,
Godefridi filii comitis Flandrensis archidiaconi Camaracensis,
magistri J[ohannis] de Tinemue, magistri Willelmi de Sumercote,
Johannis de Sancto Edmundo.^
1199. 390. Notification that the long controversy between Savaric
(Original in archives bishop of Bath and Glastonbury and the dean and chapter
° Tra^s!^33lj.j^ °^ *^® church of WcUs, on the one hand, and the abbot and
convent of Bee on the other, concerning the church of
St. Andrew, Clive, which the former claimed for themselves
as a prebend of Wells, and the latter as belonging to themselves
and their church, has been settled at length thus : — the bishop,
by consent of Alexander dean of Wells and the whole chapter,
and with the common assent of the abbot and convent of Bee,
has ordained, etc. (ut sv/pra).
Actum anno gratie Mocoxcoix. in presentia domini H[uberti]
Cantuariensis archiepiscopi, Radulfi primi abbatis de Cliva,
Godefridi fratris {sic) comitis Flandrensis, archidiaconi Came-
racensis, magistri J[ohannis] de Tinemue, magistri Willelmi de
Sumercote, magistri Ade de Wasingueham, Johannis de Kenoa-
villa, Johannis de Cruce capellani dicti archiepiscopi, Johannis
de Sancto Edmundo.
1203, 20 April. 391. Charter of John addressed generally. He confirms to
(Original in archives the abbey of Bec, its abbot and monks, the right of wardship
°* Trans!"?")"'^' °* ^"^^ ^'^^ ^^^ ^^^''^ °^ *^® abbey's fief, both of knights and
vavassours (vavassori) with their lands and tenements and
all other appurtenances of wardship, and with the marrying
(Tnaritagiis) of them and of the widows of knights and vavas-
sours, on their fief who ought to be married through them,
saving to him and his successors their rights. No one is to
interfere with or lay hands on these rights of marriage and
wardship without the consent of the abbot and monks.
Testibus : Willelmo de Breosa ; Roberto de Harecort ;
Gyr[ardo] de Fornivalle ; Johanne, et Petro, et WiUelmo de
Pratellis ; Gaufrido de Bosco ; Petro de Stok[es] ; Roberto de
Ropesl[e] : Datum per manum Hugonis de Well[e], apud Beccum
XX. die Aprilis anno regni nostri quarto, quo comes Robertus
Sagiensis fecit nobis proditionem apud Alenconem, testibus
Radulfo Taxoni senescallo Normannie, Willelmo constabulario
Normannie, R[oberto] de Tresgoz et aliis fidelibus nostris ibi tunc
presentibus.
1 Trans. : " Cantuarum."
2 Compare the Wells charter, No. 16, and its entry in Ziber Alius, III.
fo. 381(/. (Historical MSS. Commission : Wells Eeport, pp. 211, 294). The list of
witnesses is different.
12
132
PRIORY OF ST. LAURENCE OF
ENVERMEU,
POR MONKS OF EEC,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP BOXJEN.
[MS. Lat. 10,058 in Bibliotheque Nationale.'^]
[1098-1105.] 392. Charter of Turold bishop of Bayeux and Hugh de Euvre-
(MS. lat., 10,058, mou his brother,^ giving to the abbey (ecdesie) of St. Mary, Bee,
^°' ^-^ the church of St. Laurence, EnvremoU, with the whole tithe
appurtenant and one tenant, with other endowments [specified],
and the tithe of the mills and toll of Envermou and of all the
stock (pecunia) of Hugh Denvermou etc. . . . And Hugh
de Envermou gives to the abbey of St. Mary, Bee, and to St.
Laurence ten librates of land in England, and two-thirds of the
tithe of all the demesne he has or shall have in England, and
of all his stock (pecunia); and in each of his demesne manors,
he gives one tenant (hospitem) to guard the property of the
monks.
[1104-1106.] 393. Charter of Henry I. addressed to all his officers of the
(MS. lat., fo. 7.) com<e and the forests of Arques and Alihermont. He gives
and grants to St. Mary of Bee, for the use of her monks serving
God at Envremou, that they may have, in his forest of Aliher-
mont a grove (riemus) for firing and free pasture for their swine
and animals.
Teste Hugone de Envremodio, in obsidione ante Archas.
[Girc. 1115.] 394. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the vicomte of
(MS. lat., fo. 45.) Arques, etc. He grants to the monks of St. Laurence of
Envremou a fair yearly, on the eve of the feast of its dedica-
tion, with his peace for all coming and going, etc. . . .
Testibus : Nigello de Albini,^ et Guillelmo de Tanquardivilla.
Apud Rothomagum.
' A collated copy, made in 1770, of the Cai'tulaiy compiled in 1465, in -which
he witnesses' names are hadly distorted.
* See Feudal England, p. 159. ' Cart. : "Hicolas de Albinium,"
PRIORY OF ST. LAURENCE OF ENVERMEU. 133
^^r' ^^^^'^ ^^^- ^"* ^^ ^^"^y ^- addressed to Rainold (Ramondo) de
(MS. lat., fo. 8.) Envremou. He is not to do any wrong to the monks of St.
Laurence of Envermeu (Envremodio), for he wills that they
hold their multure and all that is theirs as they held in the
time of Hugh de Envremou.
Teste Nigello de Albiniaco.^ Apud Rothomagum.
[Ciro. 1130.] 396. Charter of Henry I. granting to the priory (ecclesie)
(MS. lat., fo. 44.) of St. Laurence of Euvremou, subject to the abbey (ecclesie)
of Bee, all it possesses in England, namely what Baldwin son of
Gilbert^ granted it, of the lasd which belonged to (fuit) Hugh
de Envremou, etc
Ista carta confirmata est Rothomago (sic), testibus : Turstino
archiepiscopo Evrouic^ ; Guillelmo comite Varennie, et pluribus
aliis. Ego autem pro salute mea et heredum meorum, concedo
eis piscaturam de Archis.
[Circ. 1130.] 397. Charter of Henry I. addressed to Brian (Briencio) son
(MS. lat., fo. 46.) of the count and Robert vicomie of Arques. For the souls of
his father and mother, and for his own, he grants to the monks
of Bee at Envremou the saltpan which Oudard son of Gudard
gave them.
Teste* Roberto de sigillo. Apud Rothomagum.
\Girc. 1130.] 398. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the archbishop of
(MS. lat., fo. 7.) Rouen and the justice (justitie) and vicomte of Arques, and
all his barons of Normandy. He grants [leave] to the monks
of Envremou to make a mill on their water of Baliibet,
etc
T[estibus] B[oberto] de Haeia, et B[riennio] filio comitis, et
Guillelmo Martel, et [Willelmo] filio Odonis, et Unfredo de
Buth[un], et Roberto vicecomite Archarum, et Walcelino
Maminoth.^ Apud Archas.
' Cart. : " NIcol' de Albadin." ' Cart. : " frater Guilleberti."
' lb. ■ " Euroddit." * Cart. : "Testibus."
' Cart. : " Martel, et filius Ode, et Uulfr' de butb, et Bobertus yicarch, ct Walco'
de merce manentes."
134
PRIORY OF ST. MARTIN DU BOSC,
FOR MONKS OF BEG.
{Cartulary^ in Archives of the Seine Infdriev/re, D. 20.]
1106. 399. Charter of Henry count of Eu (Augi). For the weal of
(Cartulaiy,fos.i5,i7, his soul and [those] of his father and mother and all his pre-
Trans. 49.) decessors, he gives to St. Mary of Bee and St. Martin de Bosco
and the monks there serving, and to serve, God in alms for
ever the manor in England called Hou with all its appiirte-
nances, free from every kind of due and exaction ; and he gives
freedom for ever to all men dwelling in that manor from [courts
of] hundred and shire and all other claims and dues. In Nor-
mandy he gives at Tr^port etc. etc.
Acta sunt hec incamationis dominice anno Mocvi. coram his
testibus : Tirello de Maneriis ; Kadulfo filio vicecomitis ; Roberto
de Freelvilla; Droardo de Maisnillo; Hugone de Hamsevilla;
Hugone de Manthevilla ; Inguerrano de Esifcocengiis^ ; Giroldo
de Normanvilla ; Roberto filio Walterii ; "Willelmo Pengnart ;
Rogero de Petrevalle ; Hugone de Petreponte ; Gauf rido
capellano.
1170. 400. Charter of John count of Eu, confirming the preceding
(Cartulary, fo. 19. giffc.
TraDs. 410. ) Acta sunt hec incamationis dominice anno m°c°lxxo coram
hiis testibus : Waltero de Sancto Martino juvene ; Henrico de
Cennerula ; Rogero de Maneriis ; Gaufrido de Salceio ; Rogero
de Bricheneio ; Eustachio Harenc ; Rogero de Freelvilla ;
Gaufrido de Sancto Martino juvene ; Goscelino de Crioil ;
Rogero de Freelvilla.
1190. 401. Cliarter of Henry count of Eu, confirming the above
(Cartulary,'' fo. 16. charters of his father John and his grandfather Henry.
rans. 1 .) Acta sunt hec incamationis dominice anno Mcxc. coram hiis
testibus : Willelmo Strabone ; Roberto de Daevilla ; Guilleberto
de Sancto Audoeno ; Elmodo de Grantaut ; Rogone de Daevilla ;
Johanne de Camera ; Johanne Roussel, et multis aliis.
' Paper, 15th cent. Also authenticated copies of the charters in D. 17.
These are found in Series D. among the archives of the Seine Inferieure, because
the Priory was subsequently united to the College of Eu.
^ Sic in Transcript. This word is blotted in the Cartulary, but can be read as
" Esscotengiis." In the copy on fo. 17 it is " Esthotenguiis." It is possibly an
error tor " Hastingiis " (see Nos. 231, 233).
'■' Some paper copies in D. 17 give the date of this charter as 11.59.
The documents in this Cartulary are subject to grave suspicion.
135
ABBEY OF LIRE,
POR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OF EVREUX.
'[Original Documents in Archives of the Eure.]
[1100, 1 Dec] 402. Charter of Henry I. addressed to Girard the bishop [of
Original in archives, Hereford] and Hugh de Laci and all his barons of Hereford
Ti-aus^^29.) [shire]. He permits Hugh Asinus to give the manor of Ocle
(Aclea), in which is a hide of land, to the abbot and monks of
Lire. The abbey is to hold the land as it was held by Hugh in
the time of William I. and William II.
Teste Osberno filio Richardi, et Richardo filio Pontii, et
Rogerio de Insula. Apud Neweham. In primo die Adventus.
[1152-1154.] 403, Charter of Henry, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine
(Original in duplicate and count of Anjou addressed generally [for England and
^^H^aa^^' Normandy]. He gives to the abbot and monks of Lire freedom
Trans. 89.) from dues {quietantiam) on everything of their own throiigh-
out his territory.
Testibus : Roberto de Novoburgo ; Roberto de Dunstanvilla ;
Joeelino de Baill[olio] ; Radulfo de Toenio ; Henrico de Novo-
burgo ; Hugone de Piris ; Hugone de Hamo.slap. Apud Lerru
in foresta Conchiarum.
[1154-5.] 404. Charter of Henry II. to the abbey of Lire. Printed in
(Original in archives, _/|fo7j,as<ico?i Anqlicanum, VI. 1092, from a Cartulary of Lire.
H. 438. Trans. 87.) j , > j
[1156-1166.] 405. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
(Original in archives, to the monks of Lire freedom from toll, passage-money, and
Tmns^^g^ ) pontage, and all dues on everything their men can declare to be
their own. Ten pounds penalty for infringement.
Testibus : Ricardo de Humeto constabulario ; Man[assero]
Biset dapifero ; Ricardo de Canvilla ; Roberto de Dunstan-
villa ; Jocellino de Baillolio ; Hugone de Pirariis. Apud Vallem
Rodolii.
[1156-1175.] 406. Charter of Henry II. addressed to all those in whose
(Original in archives, bailiwicks the abbot and monks of Lire hold lands. All the
Trans^go) abbey's tenants and possessions are under his special protection,
and are to be guarded as his own. They are to enjoy the same
exemption as in his grandfather's time from shire [courts] and
hundred [courts] and aids and scutages and carrying services
(sumagiis) and all else. Full and prompt justice is to be done
them for any infringement.
Testibus : Willelmo de Sancto Johanne, et Willelmo de Curci
dapifero. Apud Argentonum,
136 ABBEY OF LIRE.
[1174-1189.] 407. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. The abbot
(Original in archives, and inonks of Lire and all belonging to them are under his
Trans.^92.) protection. They are therefore to be guarded and upheld as his
own, and should anyone wrong them, prompt amend is to be
made.
Testibus: Henrico Baiocensi, et Reginaldo Bathonensi,
episcopis, et Kanulfo de Glanvilla. Apud Cadomum.
[1190-1204.] 408. Charter of Kobert son of Parnel, earl of Leicester,
(Original in archives, notifying that for the souls of his father and mother, and of
Trans. 447.) Loreta his wife, and of all his successors, he gives to God and
the monastery of St. Mary of Lire le Champ Motteux (campws
fnotosus) with the buildings thereon and with the whole stock
there, and with everything intact, in frank almoin ; and he wills
that the monks' servants cultivating that land shall receive in
his forest of Breteuil all that they require for erecting and
repairing buildings there, and for firing, by the view and
livery of his foresters. They are also to have in the forest
sufficient pasture for the stock there.
Hiis testibus : Paulo abbate Leicestrie ; Philippo de Albigneio ;
Marchis' et Oliverio fratribus suis ; Thoma de Estlega senes-
callo meo in Anglia ; Godefrido de Quatremaris ; Phillippo de
Bedo ; Willelmo capellano meo ; Willelmo de Langeton, Luca
et Boherto clericis meis, et aliis
[N. D.] 409. Charter of Bobert earl of Leicester addressed to all
(Original in archives, jjig men and his friends, present and future. For the weal of
Trans. 446 ) ^^^ father's and mother's souls, and his own and his wife's and
those of his predecessors and successors, he gives to God and
the abbey of St. Mary of Lire and the monks there serving
God and St. Mary the fulling-mill (molendinum folerez) of
Lire with the whole multure of all his fee on that side of the
forest on which lie the abbey and the mill ; and [he grants]
that weavers shall dwell in his fortress (castello) of Lire, and
work there, and .shall go for multure to the said mill of the
monks ; and that his men of his fortress of Lire shall not pay
for the fulling of a yard (virga folenda) more than twopence
halfpenny in money of the province.
Testibus : Ernaldo de Bosco ; Willelmo de Diva ; Willelmo de
Chirai ; Willelmo de Wibetot ; Willelmo de Bemcart ; Gilleberto
de Plessei ; Hugone de Alnou ; Roberto capellano ; Simone
clerico.
[JN. D.] 410. Charter of Robert son of Robert earl of Leicester,
(Original in archives, addressed to all his men French and English, notifying that
Trans!^4%.) Baldwin de Charnelles and W[illiam] his son, by consent of
Ernald de Bosco, have given the abbey of Lire, and the
brethren there serving God ten shillings of rent for ever which
they enjoyed from the privdU of Breteuil {BritoUum), and
that he, at the request of all three, allows it.
His testibus: Roberto et Huberto capellanis; Willelmo de
Deva ; Anschetillo Malloret ; Herveo marescallo ; Willelmo de
Chirai ; Gauq[ue]UnoBucherel.
137
MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS:
EURE.
[Original Documents, etc. in Archives of the Department and
elsewhere.]
1130. 411. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the archbishop of
(Cartulary of the Rouen aud generally for Normandy. I[e gives and grants to
Dl°2to!fua^W^eJthe priory (ecclesie) of St. Mary de Deserto, for the remission
H. 165. to. 5d.) ' of his sins, and for the weal of the souls, etc all
its privileges and possessions [specified.]
Testibus : Johanue episcopo Lexoviensi ; Audino episcopo
Ebroicensi, et Roberto comite Gloecestrie, et Guillelmo comite
Warenn^], et Roberto comite Legrestrie, et comite de Pont[ivo]
Guillelmo ; Roberto de Wer, et Roberto de Vura (sic) ; et
Roberto de Haya, et Hugone Bigoto, et Hugone de Gurn[aio], et
Guillelmo filio Od[onis], et Johanne Marescallo. Apud Rothoma-
gura anno incamatione Domini millesimo centesimo tricesinio.
"1061,"! 412. Gift to the abbey of Bernay of the church of Bolbec
5 June. by Roger Porchet, Hugh de Bolbec, Walter Fifland, William
(QuaBi-original in Duncins, and Adam de Raphetot, who held it in shares, with
archives, H. 123.) ^^^ ^.j^j^^ ^j ^j^g profits from the mills and sheepwalks of Bolbec.
The gift is confirmed by Richard Fiesnel and Walter Giffard.
Acta et recitata atque concessa ante serenissimum regem
Willelmum anno ab incamatione Domini millesimo sexagesimo
primo, apud lUebonam in concilio tercia feria sollemnitatis
Pentecostes. Testibus : Willelmo Rotomagensi archiepiscopo ;
Odone Baiocensi episcopo ; Hugone Lexoviensi episcopo ;
Michaele Abrincensi episcopo ; Gisleberto Ebroicensi episcopo ;
Willelmo de Britolio ; Rogero de Montegomeri ; Rogero de Bello
Monte; Roberto et Henrico filiis suis; Radulfo de Chunchis ;
Hugone de Monteforti ; Walterio Gifardo ; Rogerio Bigoth ;
Nigello vicecomite de Constantino ; Willelmo Berthramno.
[1156-1157.] 413. Charter of Henry II, addressed generally. He grants
(Fidimzwof 1378 in to St. Mary of Bernay, and the monks there serving God, all
^""^e ^ jj' m*^' ^^^ *^®y ^®^*^ ^^ *^® *™® °^ ^^^S Henry his grandfather, and
^No. 84.) ' that they have acquired since, etc In England the
manor called Gratingis, and another called Ebredona, and in
Worcestershire ( Wigornensi terra) the land called Mora ; the
priory of Eye with all its appurtenances and all that Galeran
count of Meulan (Mellent) and Robert lord of Breteuil (BritoUi)
and Gachelin de Ferrariis, or others, hold of it. And five acres
of land and vineyard at Toesni (Toneyum), etc. .
> See Preface.
138 MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS j
[1156-1157.]
Testibus : Philippo episcopo Baiocensi ; Thoma canc[cllario]^;
Roberto de Novo Burgo ; Ricardo de Hum[eto]^ constabulario ;
Ricardo de Luci ; Manass[ero] Biset dapifero ; Ricardo de
Oanvilla; Willelmo filio Johannis ; Nigello de Broc. A'pud
Argentan (sic).
[N. D.] 414. Notification that when the king had imposed his taille
(Cartulary of chapter for the fortification of the town [of Evreux],the burgesses wished
rJ^IhiTCs'fo. 1900 *° ^°^^ ^^^^ themselves, in its payment, the bishop's men, etc.,
because formerly, in time of war, when king Richard was held
captive in Germany, and there was neither bishop nor count
of Evreux, the men of the town in common, combining with
the men of neighbouring towns (villis) made a commune
(communia), and, for their defence, fortified (clauserunt) the
town in common, etc,
[Temp. Hen. IL] 415. Charter of Henry de Monteforti. He gives to the
(Original in archivee, abbey (ecclesio) of Castellion and the monks there serving God
T ^ ^482 "i *^® ^^^^ °^ Henlea, with the dwelling (TnansuTn) before the
mill to the west and with the acre of land adioiding the mill
to the east between the land of John de Preston and the bank
(rivus) which comes from Lineroft, by which they shall take
turves, when they will, to improve the mill without blocking the
road there and without hindrance of the men of Henlea, with
all appurtenances of the said mill, in waters, in pools, etc. free
from all damage by himself or anyone else, as freely as he
himself had held it in demesne. This grant, which is made for
the weal of his soul and [those] of his father Turstin and his
mother Juliana and all his friends and relatives (parentes), he
and his heirs will warrant for ever.
His testibus : Roberto de Oifard', et Roberto filio ejus ; Bricio
capellano ; Rogero de Hulehale, et Willelmo fratre ejus ; Reinbaldo
de Cherlecote ; Roberto filio Nicholai; Johanne de Prestone;
Henrico de Muntforte ; Galtero de Beresford ; Willelmo filio
Engenulfi ; magistro Anketillo qui banc cartam scripsit.
(Original in archives, 416. Tnspeximus by Hugh Folioth, bishop of Hereford,
Tran;^339.») [1219-1234] of the following charter of Robert Folioth, bishop
of Hereford : —
[1174-1186.] Desiring to benefit hisbeloved brethren the abbot and monks
of St. Peter of Castellion, he grants and confirms to them the
manor of Munkelen' and the church of that vill, with all tithes
and other offerings, rightly belonging to it, saving honourable
sustenance for a vicar. He also confirms to them all the tithes
of the demesne of Chabbenour' with one tenant (hospes) and the
tithe of the land which that tenant holds of them, and the tithe
of Hide in everything. Also two-thirds of the tithe of the
demesne of Bromesberga, both in small and great tithes, and
two-thirds of that of Edithestoc' with one tenant (hospes) and
' Register : " Horn' Cantore." ^ Register : " de dumme constanoio."
' The charter of bishop Robert, here confirmed, is itself preserved in the
archives of Evreux.
DEPAETMENT OF THE EUEE. 139
[1174-1186.]
of that of La Hide, and of that of William de Stolle, and two-
thirds of the tithe of Herbert de Espreton', a.nd one burgage
in the town of Hereford, and two-thirds of the tithe of the
demesne of Alboldelega and two tenants (hospites) there, and
two-thirds of the tithe of the demesne of the Bur {del bur) and
of the demesne of Worvesleg', and the land 'and messuage (man-
sura) which belonged to Caure, and two-thirds of the tithe of
the fee of Osbert son of Ruald and two-thirds of the tithe of
the demesne of Linde with one tenant (hospes). He confirms to
them these endowments (elemosine) which they hold of the
gift of Ralf de Toenio the elder, with any others obtained by
them in the see of Hereford, saving the canonical rights of his
successors and the dignity of the church of Hereford.
Hiis testibus : Willelmo de Stok[es]' ; Willelmo Folioth ;
Waltero de Colewell , magistro Nicholao divino ; Johanne
canonico ; Elur' capellano ; Bartholomeo de Eignesham ; Osberto
de Ledeb[iria].
[1184-9.] 417. Charter of Eobert earl of Leicester (Leguere), notifying
(Original in archives, that of his piety and at the request and with the advice of
Trans. 453 ) their lord Walter archbishop of Rouen and his other friends, he
gives the abbey of Fontaine Guerard {Fons Girardi), for the
.souls of his father and mother and all his predecessors, and for
his own and that of his wife the countess PetroniUa the place
called Fonteinesgerart etc. etc.
Testibus his : PetroniUa comitissa ; Willelmo Brustesaut ;
magistro Hugone ; Eustachio de Herlenvilla dapifero ; Nicholao
de Gloz ; Dog' de Holine ; Gilleberto de Charneles, et Galtero
et Gaufrido, et Gilberto capellanis ; magistro Willelmo clerico ;
Thoma de Amundevilla ; Rogero Pilet ; Godart ; Willelmo de
Focarmont et multis aliis.
1203, 15 Feb. 418. Charter of John addressed generally. For the weal of
(Original in archives, Jiig soul aud those of his predecessors and successors, he gives
TT 1 QP I J. .^ ^
Trans" 188") ^^ alms to the nuns of Fontaine Guerard (Fontes Q-iraldi), for
the building of their abbey, all his alder-grove (alnetum) of
Moulineaux (Molinelli) with all its appurtenances, and all the
land in it which belonged to Robert May, for which he has
given his heirs an equivalent in England, etc. etc.
Testibus : B[aldwino] comite Albemarle ; Willelmo de Braosa ;
Roberto de Harecort ; Hugone de Gurnay ; Stephano de Longo
campo; Guarino de Glapiun; Petro de Stokes. Datum per
manum Hugonis de Well[e] apud Rothomagum, xv. die Februarii
anno regni nostri quarto.
[1175-1179.] 419. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Original in archives, Rouen and his lieges of Normandy. He confirms to the abbey
t"' ^°94 ■) °^ -"-"^^y *^^ *^^* Galeran lord of Ivry has given them, namely
™°'' the church and tithes of Ivry, and all his rights in them and
the tithe of wheat (bladum) in his forest and of the forest
1 MS. : " Stokarum."
140
MISCELLANEOUS DOOUMBNTS.
[1175-1179.]
itself. The abbey and its monks are to hold this as the charter
of Giles bishop of Evreux determines,
Testibus : R[ogero] Eboracensi archiepiscopo ; H[ugone] Du-
nelmensi episcopo ; W[illelmo] comite de Albemara ; Willelmo
filio Audelini dapifero ; Eeginaldo de Ourtunai ; Thoma Basset ;
Ricardo de Aflfai ; Willelmo de Stutevilla. Apud Westmonas-
terium.
[1175-1189.]
(Cartiilaire
de Normandie
in Public Library
of Kouen, f os. 2, 34.
Trans. 134, 135.')
420. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He has
taken the monastery of Cormeilles, in the diocese of Lisieux,
under his protection, as of his own alms, and, wishing to partake
of all its benefits, he has granted to its abbot and monks, that
they may hold, undisturbed by his officers, everything given
them by its founders [Norman endowments specified], with
freedom, throughout the fief of Breteuil and all his demesne,
from tallage, toll etc., on everything belonging to them or their
dependants. Moreover they are to hold freely, saving only the
guard of five knights at the castle of Breteuil, and to enjoy
the same rights and liberties as were enjoyed by the earl of
Leicester, lord of Breteuil, their chief founder, in his castle of
Breteuil, saving only to him the said guard of five knights,
and, to the king, justice on incendiaries and on assailants of
those going to or coming from his court and arriere ban
and aid from his redemption [from captivity] and [justice on]
coiners.
Testibus : Stephano de Tur[onis] senescallo Andegavie ;
Alberico^ de Sancto Martino ; Gaufrido filio Petri ; Eustachio
filio Petri* (sic) camerarii. Apud Rothomagum.
' Trans, of the same charter, which entered twice in the Cartulary j but the first
has no witnesses, and a less perfect text.
' Bectius : " Alveredo." ' Rectius : " Stephani,"
141
LOWER NORMANDY.
[Transcripts in D'Anisy's " Cartulaire de la basse
Normand^e." 3 volsJ]
ABBEY OF THE HOLY TRINITY
OF CAEN,
FOR BENEDICTINE NUNS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP BAYEiUX.
[Original Bocwments in Archives of the Calvados. Cartulary
in Bibliotheqae NationaAe, MS. Lot. 5650.]
1075. 421. [Notification that] Adeliz the countess, daughter of
(MS. )at., fo. I7rf.) count Kichard, sister of count Eobert bought from her brother
Robert, with her own gold, the castle in the Cotentin called
Hulme etc. . . . which she eventually granted to the abbey
of the Holy Trinity free of all claim.
Quod totum factum est anno MLXXV. incamationis dondniee
in presentia videlicet Matildis Anglorum regine. Te&te {sic)
Balduino Gisleberti comitis filio; Hugone pincerna; Hugone
de Sildevil ; Guill^rmo ejusdem comitisse capellano.
1082. 422. Charter of William I. and Matildis his wife giving
(MS. lat., fo 17.) and granting to the abbey (eccJeste) of the Holy Trinity the
following manors, with their appurtenances, as quit as they
were the day that king Edward (MwardMs) was alive and
dead : — Feldestede in the county of Essex (Essessa), Hantonia
and Penneberia in that of Glouecestra, Tarent in that of
Dorseth, etc
Anno ab incarnatione domini mlxxxii. Indictione v. . . .
[Signa] Willelmi Anglorum regis ; comitis Roberti Moritonii ;
Lanfranci archiepiscopi ; Matildis regine ; Roberti comitis filii
regis ; Gaufridi episcopi Constantieusis ; Willelmi comitis filu
regis; Walchelini episcopi; Henrici filii regis; Willehni de
Braiosa; Sfcigandi episcopi; Alani comitis; Willelmi de
Varenna ; Henrico de Ferieres ; Etwardi vicecomitis ; Hugonis
14^ ABBfeY OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CA:fiN.
1082.
de Pertu (sic) ; Rogerii Bigot ; Hugonis comitis de Cestra
Rogerii comitis de Montegomerii.^
[1087-1094.J 423. Charter of Robert, son of William king of the English,
(MS. lat., fo. 34.) prince of the Normans and the Manceaux. For the weal of his
soul and those of his father and mother and predecessors, he
gives, v/ith the consent (concessu) of his brother Henry, to the
abbey (ecclesie) of the Holy Trinity of Caen, and to Cecily his
sister and the nuns, lands of his right [specified] outside the
walls of Caen, etc. .
Hujus rei fuerunt testes et liberatores : Simon de Camilleio ;
Savericus filius Cane ; Radulf us capellanus de Airi ; Rogerius
Poignant; Rogerius Mala corona dispensator ; Toraldus hosti-
arins ; Pjx parte Henrici filii regis aifuerunt ; Rannulfus filius
Ulgerii ; Odo camerarius ejusdem ; . . . .
[Signa] Roberti comitis ; Henrici regis Willelmi filii ; Radulfi
capellani ; Rogerii de Curcella ; Gaufridi de Calmunt ; Willelmi
camerarii ; Roberti de Montfort ; Gualterii de Meduana ; Hu-
gonis Brittonis ; Rogerii dispensatoris ; Roberti Balduini filii ;
Ricardi Patnel ; Symonis de Ohimilleio ; Saverici filii Cane.
[1088-1099.] 424. List of aggression on the abbey's possessions after king
(MS. lat., fo. 39d.) William's death (finivif^. Among the aggressors are William the
chamberlain, son of Roger de Candos, Richard de Corceio, Nigel
de Oillei, Robert Pantolf, Robert de Molbrai, Eudo the vicomte,
Rannulf the vicomte, count Henry [i.e., son of king William],
who took toll (pedagium) of Chetelhulmus and the whole
Cotentin and moreover made the men of that vill and district,
belonging to Holy Trinity, work at the castles of his barons
(hominum), Hugh de Redeveris, who withheld, yearly, five
mwids of wine and a vineyard at Vernun, William Gernun
who felled and uprooted timber to the utmost of his power, etc.
[1106.] 425. Note that in the year when Henry king of the English
(MS. lat., fo. 32.) subdued Normandy to himself, Hawys (Hadeguisa) wife of
Robert Marmion, becoming a nun in the abbey of Holy Trinity,
gave to it and the sisters certain lands [in Normandy] as
Robert Marmion had held them at his death, with consent of
her sons, Roger, Helto, and Manasses, who joined her in placing
the gift on the altar.
Testes ejus doni a parte sua : Willelmus Marmion ; Herluinus
de Fonteneio ; Rogerius de Moeio ; Godefridus filius Roberti ;
Willelmus de Ulfieres ; Robertus Aculeus ; Hamo filius Roberti
de Maisnil Ursin; Robertus filius Roberti filii Ernesii et
Gersenda mater ejus,
[1113-1126.] 426. Charter of Cecily, daughter of the king, abbess of the
(MS. lat., fo. 88.) Holy Trinity, Caen, granting to Erengot the miller [permission]
to erect a mill etc. an allowance being made to him in his rent,
to be reckoned by a. tally (ei comfutahitur in suo redditw cum
dica).
1 It -wiU be observed that the Cartulary scribe has placed the witnesses in wrong
order.
AbSSY of the holy I^RINITY, CAEN. US
(Original[?] iu 427. Tnspeximus by Edward II. in 1304, of the following : —
archires. Trans. Vol. III. fo. 273.)
[N. D.] Charter of Henry I. addressed generally. He gives the
(MS. lat., fo. 37.) abbey of the Holy Trinity of Caen and the nuns there serving
God [certain] manors namely Hantonia, Avelinges, Penebery
in Gloucestershire (Olovxestra'), and Feldestede and the tithe of
Tolosona, eighteen shillings a year, which William de Plaisseio
gave the Holy Trinity of Caen for his niece (nepte) who was
made a nun there, in Essex (Essessa) ; and Horsted in Norfolk
(Northfolk) ; and Tarenth in Dorseth ; and Tebovesia in
Wiltesira; with soch and sach, thol and thiem, and infan-
guentief, and with all dues and liberties etc., with which his
father Wilham, or his brother William, or he himself held them
when they were in their (nostra) demesne. If anyone should
dare to filch (surripere) anything [of this], he shall be
anathema, shall lose the fellowship of the orthodox and shall
incur the wrath of Almighty God.
[11.53-1154.] Charter of Stephen addressed to the bishop of London and
all his officers of Essex (Essessie). He grants to the Holy
Trinity of Caen, the abbess, and nuns, and their men of Felsted,
in alms for ever, quittance of all essarts within their estate
(teneTnentum) at Felsted from the Michaelmas next after the
deaty of )iis son count Eustace. The abbess, therefore, and her
men of Felsted are to hold all these essarts in peace and to till
them in freedom from the forest and from forfeiture of essarts.
[1154-1170.] Writ of Henry II. addressed to his officers of Essex. The
abbess of Caen is to enjoy her [free] warren at Felsted, as
she enjoyed it in the time of king Henry his grandfather so
that no one may hunt (fuget) there or take the hare except by
[permission of] her or her officers, under penalty of ten pounds,
Teste^ Willelmo filio Hamonis apud Westmonasterium.
[N. D.] Writ of Henry [II. ?] addressed to his officers of Essex
He grants to the land of the Holy Trinity of Caen at Felsted,
soc and sac, toll and team and infanguentheof and all dues
within borough and without, and he directs that the whole
land and its men be quit of all pleas and shire [courts] and
hundred [courts] and such things, and shall not be troubled
therein under penalty of ten pounds.
Similar writs for -Horsted in Norfolk, and for Hantone,
Avelinges, and Penbery in Gloucestershire.
Charter of Richard I. confirming the gifts of his predecessors
kings William and Henry.*
[N. D.] 428. Particulars of the stock and revenue on the abbey's
(MS. lat,, English manors, early, apparently, in 12th century. There is
fos. 26-29rf.) mention of the sokemen being bound to carry the ferm to
Winchester.
» August 1153. ' Tiaus. : " Testibus."
' The rest of this Inspe^imus is destroyed.
144 AteBEt OP THE HOL"t TEINITY, CAEN,
[? Temp. Hen. II.] 429. Note [apparently addressed to the abbess] on the
(MS. lat„ fo. iod., destruction of the abbey's woods [in England]. The men of
andfo. 50 [fuller].) ^^g^jjjggg Say that its woods, namely Winverdingrung and
Hasalholt and Westgrava and Rattingedane are destroyed, on
their oath, to the value of 60 marcs over and above the tenants'
rights to wood for their houses and hearths ; and when Symon
took over (recepit) the vills, 1,000 swine could feed in them at
the season (paissun), but now only 500. The men of Hantonia
say, on their oath, that the destruction amounts to 60 marcs
and that 2,000 swine could then be fed, but now not 1000.
And this destruction was wrought by charcoal burners and
by sales.
[Temp. Hen. II.] 430, Detailed inquest on the manors of the abbey in England,
(MS.lat.,fos. 41-87.) evidently made under Henry II. The full list of jurors is
given for each vill. " Francalani " are mentioned at Hantonia
and Panneberie, and those " qui gabulant libere " occasionally ;
also holders of " cotseldes." This inquest is followed by one
precisely similar for the Norman manors, the list of jurors, in
Normandy being styled " Jurea " in each case.
[1165-1177.] 431. Notification by Fromund abbot of Theokesbery and the
(Original iu archives, whole convent there that the dispute between themselves and
MS. lat. fo 36d. ^^^ abbey (ecclesia) of the Holy Trinity of Caen concerning the
fo! 257.) ' church of Aveling[es] has been thus amicably settled : the nuns
of the Holy Trinity have given their abbey 20 marks, by w ay of
compromise (nomine transactionis), to induce them to withdraw
wholly from the suit ; and they, for peace and harmony's sake
have taken 20 raarcs, in chapter, and have abandoned and
absolutely quitclaimed to Holy Trinity any right they had in
the church of Aveling[es] or its appurtenances. There were
present, at this compromise (transactioni), by command of
Roger bishop of Worcester, Eaif prior of Worcester, who was
then acting for the bishop in ecclesiastical business, and Matthew
archdeacon of Gloucester,^ as is proved by the witness of their
seals appendant.
Testibus : Baldrico decano de Saptone ; Rogero de Wicha ;
Rand[ulfus de Aveling[es] ; Salomo[ne] presbitero ; Willelmo
capellano Theokesb[erie] ; magistro Silvestro ; Ricardo et Thoma
de Bislege ; Ricardo de Hantone ; Hugone de Teteberia ;
Waltero de Stanlega ; Philippe de Grenbamstude ; Willelmo et
Abrahamo clericis ; Willelmo de Felsted ; Harduino de Bislega ;
[Willelmo Helinant ; Jordano de Neilesw'nda^ ;] Henrico de
Hantone ; Ricardo monacho ; Willelmo de Mortune ; Warino de
Saleberia.
[1174, 20 Jan.] 432. Agreement between Joan abbess of Caen and Robert son
(MS. lat., fo. 14) of Richard de Scrotonia.
Talis fuit finis inter Johannam abbatissam Cadomi et
Robertum filiam Ricardi de Scrotonia in curia domini regis
' a, 1177. " Omitted in Transcript.
ABBEY OF THE HOLY TEINITY, CAEN. 145
[1174]
Henrici filii Matildis imperatricis apud Cadomum in plenaria
asaisa coram Willelmo filio Radulfi tunc temporis senescallo
Normannie, et Roberto comite Mellensi, et Henrico episcopo
Baiocensi, et Henrico abbate Fiscannensi, et Petro abbate Cadomi,
et Godef rido abbate Sancti Severi ; Rogero de Arreio ; Henrico
de Novo burgo ; comite Augi ; Johanne de Solinneio ; Waque-
lino de Ferrariis ; Hugone de Gorn[ai] ; Ricardo de Belfou ;
Enger[rano] Patric ; Willelmo camerario Tancarville ; Bertran[no]
de Verdon ; Radulfo Taixun ; Henrico de Tilleio ; Willelmo
Pingui ; Walterio de Brionia ; Gaufrido Fiquet ; Jordane (sic)
de Landa ; Roberto de Curleio ; Roberto de Liveto ; Ricardo
Gifardi ; Albino de Vira ; Reginaldo de Doit ; Gaufrido Dure-
dent ; Herberto filio Bernard ; Paride clerico ; Radulfo de
Warlanomonte ; Radulfo vicecomite ; Ranulfo de Pratariis ;
Doone Bardulfo ; Willelmo de Manerio ; Roberto de Manerio ;
Ranulfo de Grandivalle ; Radulfo de Glincbamp ; Willelmo
Silvani ; Radulfo de Breseio ; Thoma de Botemonte ; Roberto
de Lunviler; Hugone Buschardi; Ricardo de Argentiis;
Roberto de Capella ; Hugone de Liveto ; Alano de Putot ;
Philippo [Willelmo de Merula ; Roberto de Briecuria ; Hamone
pincerna ; Ricardo BeureP ;] de Croleio ; Phillipo Suhardi ;
Ricardo de Graeio ; Radulfo de Carun ; Oinan de Carun ;
Thoma portitore ; Henrico Lupello ; Willelmo Escorcheville ;
Gaufrido de Boesvill ; Roberto de Lu ; Roberto Belet ; Will-
elmo Belet ; Willelmo de Salviz ; Radulfo Abbate ; Maugerio
Feruu ; Benedicto de Loches ; Johanne Britone; Artrao et
Willelmo fratre ejus sacerdotibus ; Johanne de Grantia, Osberto
sacerdotibus ; Radulfo de Hospicio ; Michaele filio Gar[ini] ;
Ranulfo nepote Nigelll ; Gisleberto de Foro, et multis aliis
et hoc factum f uit ad octavas Sancti Hylarii apud
Cadomum anno ab incarnation e Domini mclxxiii. quo tenuit rex
curiam suam ibidem ad Natale cum duce Saxonie. Et ibi
adfuerunt Ricardus filius Henrici ; Rogerus filius Landrici ;
Martinus de Hosa ; Johannes filius Luce.
[1163-1188.] 433. Charter of Gilbert bishop of London addressed generally.
"(Boll in private Recognising the ancient right, from the time of his predecessors
Trans' Vof III °^ ^^® daughters the nuns of the Holy Trinity, Caen to the
fo. 205.) church of Felsted, he confirms it to them Vfith all its appur-
tenances, and grants that they may apply the property of that
church to their own uses, saving in all things the rights of the
church of London, and the service of two chaplains, who are
to serve that church yearly at the cost (?)^ of the abbess and
convent.
Hiis testibus: Roberto Folet, Radulfo de Chilton[e], Gille-
berto Banastre, canonicis ; Roberto, Waltero, Davide capellanis ;
magistro Waltero de Witteneia ; Johanne de Witeng'; Johanne
Storcestr[e] ; Radulfo de Warlemunt; Willelmo de Folested;
Baldewino ; Gaudefrido parvo, et multis aliis.
' These names irithin brackets are wrongly thus inserted in Cartulary.
' Trans, i "justam."
e 92684. K
146 ABBEV OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CAEN.
[1163-1188.] 434. Charter of Richard (?)^ Foliot, archdeacon, addressed to
(Roll in private the dean of Maldon (Meldensi decano) and the chapter of
_, ^^^- Donemawe. lu accordance with the act of their worshipful
T.'208.) ■ father Gilbert Foliot bishop of London, who has confirmed to
the abbey and the nuns of Holy Trmity, Caen, the church of
Felsted with all its appurtenances, as he has ascertained from
his charter, he confirms it by his own authority.
Hiis testibus : Roberto decano ; Johanne de Marniiun ; Ricardo
persona de Beverstona ; Davide capellano ; Savarino de Estre,
Symone de Cistan',^ Roberto de Felested, capellanis ; Baldewino
de Felested, Willelmo de Warlemont, militibus; Willelmo de
Avelinges ; Rogero de Gi'nes ; Le Briton'^ ; Roberto filio Briteve ;
Willelmo London[iensi] ; Willelmo et Baudewino de Offinton',
et magistro Petro qui hanc cartam scripsit, et multis aliis.
[1170-1187.] 435. Charter of Thomas Bardul, giving the abbey of the Holy
(Original in archives. Trinity of Caen 30 shillings sterling of annual rent, in England,
'^'^T^'zon ^^^' ^^°^ t'^''^] ^^^ ^^^^ °* Elwadeston[e] on»the Derwent with his
"■ daughter Mathildis, made a nun there by consent of his wife
Rohais, mother of Mathildis, of whose inheritance was the mill,
because the said Rohais so directed (precepit)* in her life, that
the aforesaid rent should be given to her daughter Mathildis to
establish her in a religious order (consulendam in rehgione).
His daughter is to have 15 shillings of it yearly for her life,
and, after her death, the whole sum is to be the property of the
abbey etc And if by chance there sliould escheat
to him in Normandy anything near the abbey, he or his heir will
give it an equivalent in Angevin money to the value of the
sterling money, the abbey giving up to him or his heir this
charter and receiving a new one for the [projperty given in]
exchange : and his English property shall remain the right of
him and his heirs when the abbey has received such exchange
in Normandy.
Testibus his : Willelmo filio Radulfi tunc senescallo Normannie ;
Henrico filio Radulfi ; Ricardo [de] Cardif ; Eudone de Fonteneis,
et Rogero de Landa ; Rogero de Arry ; Radulfo de Wallemont ;
Panide clerico ; Willelmo de Caluz ; Jordano de Oreendon ;
Balduino de Toeny ; Roberto le neveu ; 'W^illelmo de Longa-
villa ; Osberto capellano ; Ansquetillo clerico ; Willelmo clerico
de Argentomo cum multis aliis.
[1174-1188.] 436. Charter of William de Felstede addressed to all sons
, (Original in archives, of the church, and especially to all his friends of Gloucester
Trans. Y.'''- ^^^- [shire] and Dorset. He gives to Geofirey de Veim, chamberlain
of his worshipful father and lord, Richard bishop of Winchester,
the land of Pendebery with all its appurtenances, for his service,
' Trans. : " G." Kichard Foliot was archdeacon of Colchester in the time of
bishop Gilbert. But Dunmow and Felsted were in the archdeaconry of Middlesex.
If the transcriber's Meldens' is a misreading for Middlesex (Maldon being far
away), the party might be "Gibert" archdeacon of Middlesex, who is said to
appear In 1188, but whose sumamo is not given.
» Kectius : "Eistan[es]." 'Sic. ■• Trans. :" Percepit."
ABBEY OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CAEN. 147
[1174-1188.]
to. be held of himself and his heirs by him and his heirs, at
forty shillings a year for all service, half at Easter, and half at
Michaelmas, etc And for this agreement Geoffrey
has given him a besant (bizantinum).
Testibus hiis : Ricardo Wintoniensi episcopo ; Herberto^
Cantuariensi archidiacono ; Philippo priore Oxon[ie]^ ; Alano de
Furnellis; Gaufrido de Caritate; Petro Turlac; Hugone de
Vado ; Willelmo Daneys ; Willelmo de Monte acuto ; Johanne
de Valle ; WUlelmo Revel ; Willelmo de Bosco ; Alano de
Witehano; Philippo de Furn[ellis]^; Benedicto nepote et
Thoma ; Willelmo filio Ivoni[s] ; Pictavino Bruno ; Thoma de
Sancto Michaele ; Thoma de Bruesham ; Thoma de Veim ;
Adamo de Broc ; Jordano de Camera ; Symone Cadel ; Osberto
scriptore.
1183. 437. Notification that Joan abbess of the Holy Trinity of
(MS. lat., fo. 87.) Caen, in the year 1183, proved her right (disraisnavit) to a
house in the king's court, in full assise (plenaria assisa)
before William son of Ralf, then seneschal of the king in
Normandy, and William de Sancto Johanne, Ralf Tesson,
Henry de Tilleio, William de Mara, Hamo the butler,
Ranulf de. Praeriis, Ralf the vicomte, Henry Lovet, Geoffrey
Duredent, Jordan de Landa, Robert de Livet, Robert de CuUeio,
Richard son of H[enry], Robert de Manerio, William de Caluz,
Robert Belet, Roger de Arreio, Thomas de Botemont and many
others.
1185.* 438. [Notification that] Ralf son of Eudo brought a writ of
(MS. lat., fo. 87cf.) the king to the assise at Caen [addressed] to William son of
Ralf, then seneschal of Normandy and to the other justices
{jiisticias) then holding assise (assisas), by vi'hich writ the king
directed them to ascertain (facerent recognosci), by lawful men,
who presented the last parson (personam) deceased* to (in) the
church of Karpik[eit], concerning which there was a di.spute
between the abbess of Caen and Ralf son of Eudo. The abbess
said that the abbey of Holy Trinity had held the church (earn)
since its foundation by gift of king William and queen Mathildis,
and that it was confirmed to the abbey by charters of king
William and of king Henry son of the Empress. On this the
barons of the exchequer, William son of Ralf and the other
justices (justicie) of the king determined at the exchequer
(consideraverunt super scaccarium) that that enquiry (recog-
nicio) ought not to take place nor ought the abbess to plead
concerning that church, which was confirmed to the abbey by
the lords of Normandy. And thus the abbey was quit of Ralf's
claim to that church by judgment of the barons of the exchequer,
at the exchequer (super scaccarium) before William son of
Ralf, William de Mara, Hamo the butler, Robert de Harecort,
1 Trans.: "Derterto." ' Succeeded in or before 1180.
' Trans. ; " Furno." * So headed in MS. lat.
« i.e., a -writ of Darrein Presentment.
K 2
148 f ' abb:^y oe* the holt? trinity, CAE]sr.
] 185.
John archdeacon de Arenis, Robert archdeacon of Noting[ham],
Richard Bevrel, William de Caluz, Jordan de Landa, Roger de
Arreio, Ansquitill, Osbert the chaplain, Ralf de Lexovio, Robert
de Bernaio, Seher de Quinceio, Ralf Tesson, Gilbert de Telleriis,
Ralf de Wall[e]niont, Peter de Argentomo, Nicholas Pigace,
John Pigace, Rohard and Artur serjeantsf, Geoffrey de Rapen-
dona, Robert Lacaille and many others, and Ralf the scribe of
Caen, and master Martin de Ginyilla, [and] master Geoffrey de
Haia.
[1180-1187.] 439. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
roriglnal m archives, to the abbey (ecalesia) of the Holy Trinity of Caen and the
"^"^^fo 195 ) ' ^^^^ there serving God, the following gifts made to them by
his predecessors and others. Of the gift of his great-grand-
father king William and his wife queen Mathildis [lands in
Normandy] .... and in the island of Gersoi a mill and
half the tithe of five parishes and the sixth [tithe] sheaf from a
parish and a half, and the land and tithes which Reginald the
chaplain of king William held in that island .... Of the
gift of Adelaidis daughter of Tustin Haldup, half the vill of
Carpiquet with a moiety of its tithe and church etc
Of the gift of Stigand, the churches of Falaise with the tithes
and the church of Wibrai and a mill there. Of the gift of
Alvred de Mouin the land which belonged to Aala his sister at
Ranvilla except the fee that St. Leger of Pr6aux has there. Of
the gift of Fredesend aunt (amita) of Ranulf the vicomte,
Osbertivilla ; of his own, a mill in the town of Caen, and the
land of two free men in Goisbertivilla. Of that of Baldwin, son
of count Gilbert, and Emma his wife, the churches of Foresta
with the tithes and 200 acres of land there Of that
of Roger de,Monb[rai] the land he held in Grain villa ....
Of that of Fulc de Alnou, Follebec with the mill and all its
appurtenances. Of that of Ascelina daughter of Alvred Gigant
her land at Grandchamp and Joeio Of that of
Gonnor mother of William de Breosa her land at Bavent
Rouvres, Ciemeium, Oraissanvilla, and Quatrepuis ....
Of that of William de Warenna, the service of the land which
belonged to Doriel in Anisey and Barberie and Villum.
Of that of Odo bishop of Bayeux, and by his grant, all
privileges and quittances granted by him to the abbey and the
church of St. Giles, and the abbess and nuns, and their clerks
and servants, as recorded in king William's charter. Of the
gift of Haudwise, wife of Robert Marmion, at St. George and
Jurkis, and the mill of La Boiste and Le Parkiet ; of that of
Richard de RoUos a muid of wheat at Rosel ; of that of Robert
de Matonio 20 sestiers of grain yearly; of that of Turold
Papeillun the tithe of his men at Ambleia ; of that of Hugh de
(sic) Meurdrac and his wife, the tithe they had at Trayli, so
that for that tithe they should give the nuns 20 shillings a year
at the fair (nundinis) of Montmartin ; of that of Hugh de
Bruecuria, 10 acres of land and a tithe at Graia, etc
Of that of king William and queen Mathildis, the bov/rg of
ABBEY OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CAEN. 149
[1180-1187.]
Quettehou (Kathehulmus),v/iih its appurtenances, and messuages
at Rouen and Barfleur .... Of that of Fulcold, the queen's
chamberlain, the land and houses he had at Caen and Cambio.
... Of that of William of Flanders, the queen's chamberlain,
60 acres of land at Advilla .... Of that of Thomas Bardul
30 shillings sterling from his mill of Erwadeston on the Derwent ;
of that of king William I. and king Henry I. the manors, in
England, of Hantone, and Avelingues, and Penneberia, and
Felesteld and Horsteld, and Darent, and Teolvesia, etc
He also confirms the agreement (conventio et finis) made between
the monks of St. Stephen's and the nuns of Holy Trinity,
by king William's consent, concerning the dispute as to their
holdings, according to that king's charter in the nuns' posses-
sion, etc.
Testibus : Henrico Baiocensi episcopo ; Willelmo de Humeto
constabulario ; Willelmo filio Radulfi senescallo Normannie ;
Hugone de Cressy ; Alveredo de Sancto Martino ; Roberto de
Bruecuria ; Ricardo de Canvilla^ ; Gilleberto filio Rainf redi.
Apud Cadomum.
Half of seal remaining on fine plaited tag of parti-coloured silks.
1189, 7 Sept. 440. Charter of Richard I. repeating and confirming above
(Original in archives, charter of Henry II.
^"^^fo" 20°^')^^'^ Testibus: Waltero archiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; Henrico
episcopo Baiocensi; Johanne episcopo Ebroicensi ; R[eginaldo]
Bathonensi, et Hugone Coventr[ensi], episcopis ; Willelmo de
Magnavilla comite de Essex. Data per manum Willelmi de
Longocampo cancellarii nostri die vij. Septembris anni primi
coronationis nostra, apud Sanctum Albanum,
Half of seal remaining on plaited tag of Prussian-blue silk.
1190, 28 May. 441. Confirmation by Clement III. to his dear daughters in
(Roll in private Christ the abbcss and convent of the Holy Trinity of Caen, of
Tran^'s* Voi. HI. ^^^ cliurch of Felstede, etc.
fo. 208.) Datum Laterani^ V» kalendas Junii pontificatus nostri anno
tertio.
1190, 25 Jan. 442. Letter from Hugh, bishop of Coventry to the justi-
(Cartuiary of Holy ciaries of the king and the barons of the Exchequer, informing
Trinity^ *1°tit ' them that a final concord has been made, in the king's court,
fo. 202.) before him, and WiUiam bishop of Ely and [Hugh] bishop of
Durham and other justices between Johanna abbess of Caen
and William de Felsted, concerning all that William held of the
abbey of Holy Trinity, Caen, the said WiUiam quitclaiming it
all and restoring it to the abbey, except his patrimony at
Felsted, in accordance with the charters of Dametta the abbess
and the convent ; and William has handed over all the charters
of the said property, and pledged his faith in the bishop's hand,
that neither in person, nor by other, will he ever raise any claim
against the said abbey or the convent for that property ; and
1 Trans. : « Cauvjlla." ' Trans. : '< Laterano." ' Now in arcliives,
150 ABBEY OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CAEN.
1190.
the abbess has given William 100 marcs of silver for this concord ;
and a cyrograph of it has been made and [confirmed] by both
parties before himself at the Exchequer, at Westminster, in tlie
first year of king Eichard, the 25th day of January.
1190, 25 Jan. 443. Similar letter from Hugh bishop of Durham.
(Original iii archives. Trans. Vol. III. fo. 203.)
1192,1 23 Oct. 444. Final concord, made in the king's court at Westminster,
^^mpeximus in the Saturday after St Luke in the fourth year of king Eichard,
Trans. Vol. 111°°^®^"^^® Walter, archbishop of Eouen,^ and Eoger son of Eainfred
fo. 202.) and Eobert de Wittefeld," and Osbert son of Hervey, and
Symon de Patteshill,* and master Thomas de Husseburne^ and
Hugh de Cha,ucombe,^ justices of the said king and other lieges
of the king, between Johanna the abbess and the convent of the
Holy Trinity of Caen and William son of Symon de Felsted ;
for all the lands of the abbess in England that William held
at ferm of the said abbess and convent, namely Hanton', and
Aveling', and Lomcestr', and Esto'm, and Penthebery, and the
meadow of Pilesmore, and Tydelford, and Horsted and Felsted
with all their appurtenances for which there had been a plea
between them in the king's court. William restores and quit-
claims, for himself and his heirs, to the abbess and convent and
their successors for ever all the above lands with all their
appurtenances saving the tenement which he claims to hold
of Walter de Langeford and his holding in Felsted and in
Salingues, which remains to William and his heirs to be held of
the abbeis and convent in inheritance, namely the messuage
(masTKigium) of William with its appurtenances and with the
old way before his door and the field next his garden, and the
fields which belonged to Ealf the smith, and the moor (mora)
adjoining the moor of Osbert son of Valerand, and that which
Archer (Archerius) holds of William, and the meadow which
Eobert son of Segar holds of him, and the land which Sperling
holds of him next Severneloia and an acre on the other part of
the road, and Bubroc, and Polestroc and Edithelphed and the
field before the door of William Hervey with the tenement of
Symon the turner, and the field behind the house of Alan the
clothier (Telarii), with his tenement and those of Eobert the
parmenter and Wekard son of SafFred and John Blunt (Blondi)
and Sewin the turner and Eobert son of Warin and Ailwin
son of Goderic and Leman son of Bricopicius and Helyas
the butcher and Sigar son of Godric and Eobert son of
Hervey, and William's field next BlacheboUocheia, and the
tenement which belonged to Ebdoyn Newman (novi hominis)
and formerly to Geoffrey, and on the other side of BlacheboUo-
cheia the tenement of Eobert Gruierii and that of Symon de
1 "1194" erroneously in D'Anisy's Transcripts.
2 A fine was made before the same seven justices on Dec. 4, 1192 (Ed Pine Roll
Soc. I., 13).
3 Trans.: "Waldeford." * /i. : " Peterswill."
• lb. : " Husebury." " lb. : « Thancombe."
ABBEY OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CAEN. 151
1192.
[1189-1198.]
(Original [?in
private hands.]
Charter roll.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 206.)
Mesped' and half a virgate of land, with the appurtenances,
which belonged to Osbert Ruste, and as much which belonged
to William de Houdeham and the herbage of Caltee next
William's meadow, and the mill next Longahand with its pool,
and the tenement of John the miller and the herbage of the road
of Wyddunsere as far as the hedge (haysa) of Hemorre and the
herbage of Granugg' as far as the gate of the churchyard, and
Silvuleia, and Bubroc and Barbeia and Rueheia with their
appurtenances and the land of Ralf Sprune, and the meadow
called Hoeylin, so far as it belonged to the demesne of the
abbess, and one acre in Sterlemald to^ . . . . the road as far
as Hoeylin, adjoining the hedge of Windemare and Stullemorra.
And the aforesaid William and his heirs are to hold all tlie
foregoing, with their appurtenances, of the said abbess and
convent paying annually twenty-three shillings and throe
half pence, half at Easter and half at Michaelmas in discharge
of (pro) all service and dues belonging to the said abbess and
convent ; and, moreover, the said William is to provide
(inveniet) in the church of Felstede the light of one lamp or
one mortar (hujus mortaris) every night of the year, or two
shillings a year for the said light ; and moreover William quit-
claims the tenement of Umfrey de Wychesleya, and restores
to the abbess and convent three men, namely William son of
Alwin, with his tenement, and John and Ailmar his brothers ;
and the abbess and convent quitclaim to William and his
heirs five men, namely Symon the turner, and Robert the
parmenter, and Wymunol (?) Sostefeld and Robert son of
Hervey ; and Robert Syner' ; and William gives up to the
said abbess all the charters and muniments of the said lands
that are in his possession, except his own charter of the said
tenements in Felsted and Salingues^; and the abbess and
convent grant to William and his heirs and their men at
Felsted free common in Felsted ; and William and his heirs are to
have quittance of pannage for the swine of their own breeding,
in all woods of the abbess and convent at Felsted except in the
wood of Blachehouleia, and the swine of William's men and of
their heirs are to be quit of pannage save in the year when
feeding (paisson) shall be found them in the woods of the
abbess at Felsted. And for this fine [and] concord the abbess
and convent have given William a hundred pounds sterling and
eight acres of land in Grandeloy' ere and in the outwoods (/oris .
boscis) outside the enclosure {hayam).^
445. Charter of Richard bishop of London addressed
generally. He confirms to the abbess and convent of the Holy
Trinity, Caen the church of Felsted with all its appurtenances
and grants that they may apply for ever its property to their
own use, as did his predecessor Gilbert Foliot by a charter
which he has inspected with his own eyes.
1 MS. injured. "' Trans. : " Solingues."
' The text ia evidently corrupt in Transcript, if not in the Inspextmus, but
(ould sot be collated.
152 ABBEY OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CAEN.
[1189-1198.]
Testibus hiis: Kadulfo de Dieeto Londoniensi decano ;
Ricardo de Storteford magistro scolarum ; Roberto de Clifford,
magistro Hugone a London, Petro deWaltham, canonicis London-
[iensibus]; Rogero et Davide capellanis ; Johanne de Storte-
ford' ; Johanne Witeng' ; Willelmo de Avening ; Helya clerico
de Hanton[e]; Waltero clerico; Alexandre de Norfolch;
Henrico pincema; Willelmo de Londuni ; Radulfo parvo;
Galfredo Francigena, et multis aliis.
Fine seal and counter-seal of bishop. [Drawing.]
[? Temp. RLc. I.] 446, Charter of Clementia prioress of Haliwelles and all
(Original in archives, the convent addressed generally. They grant in fee and
"^^r' ^°8 n "' inheritance to their dear clerk, David the chaplain, their land in
°' ' London near the precinct of St. Paul's, to the west, towards Castle
Munfichet, which [land] master Hugh de London[e] formerly
held of them, to be held at an annual rent of three shillings for
ever in discharge of {pro) all service; and David and those
who shall be his heirs in that land are to pay that sum half at
Easter and half at Michaelmas.
Hiis testibus : Willelmo capellano, procuratore domus nostre ;
Thoma aldermanno illius warde ; Ricardo juniore ; Johanne de
Storteford^ ; Waltero clerico ; Gilberto des Arches ; Alexandro
de Norfolke clerico ; Galfrido fabro ; Galfrido mercerio ;
Roberto fabro ; Selemaro ; Baldewino parmementario, et alii[s]
multi[s].
[? Temp. Ric. I.] 447. Charter of master Gervase the chaplain, notifying that
(Original in archires. he has granted and confirmed in fee and inheritance to Odo the
^"^^f^'m^'i^^^" chaplain and hia heirs all the land and buildings he held of
Jordan de Zuin in London towards the eastle of Munfichet, next
the land which belonged to master Hugh de London, adjoining
the precinct {atrium) of St. Paul's, to be held of his son John
and Felicia his wife and their heirs definitely {finahiliter) in
inheritance at a rent of eightpence, at Easter, in discharge of
{j>ro) all services, dues, and demands, saving service [due] to
the chief lord, the said Jordan and his heirs, namely thirty two
pence, which the said Odo pays yearly, as is recited in the
charter which he holds from Jordun and has delivered to Odo
with seisin of that land. And he is bound to warrant that land
to Odo against all men and women. For this grant and con-
firmation Odo has given him and his son and his son's wife
100 shillings as consideration {gersuvia).
Hiis testibus : Eadulfo de Dieeto decano Londoniensi^ ;
Ricardo juniore canonico ; Roberto presbitero de Sancto Martino ;
Laurentio presbitero de Sancto Gregorio ; Willelmo capellano
de Stebeh[eie]* Alexandro de Norfoulke clerico ; Hugone de
Dovero ; Roberto filio Siward ; Gilberto Baco ; Michaele de
Valentiis ; Galfrido Moricio^ ; Galfrido fabro ; Roberto fabro ;
' Cf. 9th Report on Historical MSS., App. I. p. 20a.
2 Tram. : " Soorteford." » Trans. : " Londini."
* lb. ; " SceBeh'," ' lb, aed rectius : " mercerio."
ABBEY OP THE HOLY TRINITY, CAEN. 153
[? Temp. Ric. I.]
Rogero carpentario ; Selomaro regis portario ; Johanne pincerna ;
Johanne marescallo, et multis aliis.
Seal of master Gervase. [An antique gem, with the legend " Deum timeo
nee non."]
[? Temp. Ric. I.] 448. Charter of John son of master Gervase writer of the
(Original in archives, great roll, granting and demising to Odo chaplain of St. Paul's,
™fo. 260.) London, and those successors whom he may make his heirs all
his land, with the buildings and appurtenances, next the land
which belonged to master Hugh de London, without the precinct
of St. Paul's towards Castle Munfichet, to be held of him and
his heirs definitely (^^tiaftiii^er) in inheritance, paying to liimself
and his heirs eightpence etc. (lii supra) ; and Odo and whosoever
he may make Lis heir is to acquit that land towards the chief
lord etc. (ut supra). He has pledged his faith to Odo to observe
this grant and agreement faithfully and without ill intent ; and
Odo has pledged his faith to him that neither by himself, nor by
other, will he seek contrivance or device for depriving him of
that rent of eightpence. And those whom he shall make his
heirs are to do the same. For this grant and confirmation, Odo
has given him 100 shillings as consideration (gersv/ma).
Hiis testibus : Radulfo de I>iceto decano Londoniensi ; Ricardo
jvmiore canonico ; Roberto capellano de Sancto Martino ;
Laurentio presbitero de Sancto Gregorio ; Willelmo capellano de
Stebheie ; AJexandro de Norfolk clerico ; Hugone de Colecester ;
Roberto filio Siward ; Gilberto Dato ; Michaele de Val'uoiues ;
Galfrido mercereio ; Galfrido fabro ; Roberto fabro ; Selomaro ;
Reginaldo portario ; Augustino Caliz ; Johanne Morin ; Johanne
pincerna ; Johanne Marescallo, et multis aliis.^
' Compare the deeds with same witnesses in 9th Eeport Hist. MSS. Coram.
App. 1. p. 15 (Nos. 1349, 401).
154
ABBEY OF ST. STEPHEN, CAEN,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS.
IN THE
DIOCESE OF BAYEUX.
[Original Documents in Archives of the Calvados,]
[1077.] 449. Charter of Roger de Montegomerico liegeman (fidelis)
(Original in archives of William king of the English, prince of the Normans and of
Trans* VoTl. *^® ™^^ ^^ ^^'^6- ^°^ ^^^ ^°"^^ ^^ ^°^ ^^^ o^ ^is lord the king,
fo. 150.) ' and for the weal of his soul, he gives (trado) to St. Stephen's,
Caen the hourg of Trun with the wood of Auge (Alge) and
all the appurtenances of the hourg, except the mills and tithes
which he had already given to other churches, on condition
that, so long as he lives, or his lord [the king], or his wife, he
might, if he would, keep [habere) that hourg in his demesne ;
but that after his death, or that of his lord, or of his wife, it
should be the right and possession of that house, for the abbot
and monks there canonically serving God to dispose of, to give,
to hold, and to administer as they shall deem best. And as
testimony of this, he grants the house of Aiulf Guirellus with
all his rights to dues from that house, whether from native or
other (extraneis) traders, there buying or selling, or making
any contract whence profit is accustomed to accrue. His lord
the king authorises this gift, and in memory of it grants the
road, which led without the hourg, through the hourg.
Testes : Henricus filius Eogerii de Bellomonte ; Hamo ; Gisle-
bertus Haretel, et alii plures.
Afterwards at the dedication of St. Stephen's Roger delivered
this gift upon the altar, by permission of William king of the
English, prince of the Normans and of the men of Maine, and
of his son Robert.
Testes : Lanfrancus Cantuariensis archiepiscopus ; Ode Baio-
censis episcopus ; Rogerius de Bellomonte, et alii plures qui ei
dedication! interfuere.
[Signa] Willelmi regis Anglorum ; Mathildis regine ; Robert!
coniitis ; Willelmi comitis ; Alani comitis ; Rogerii comitis de
Montegomerico ; Hugonis comitis ; Aucensis comitis ; Enrici
de Bellomonte.
. ' IJo longer there now,
ABBEY OF ST. STEPHEN, CAEN. 155
[Circ. 1077.] 450. Charter of William [I.] king of the English, prince of
(Original in archiTes. the Normans and of the men of Maine. He gives the abbey
'fo.'l5iO " °^ ^*'" Stephen, Caen, which he has raised for the weal of
himself, his wife, his children, and his relatives, a cellar at
Rouen on the Seine, that the monks may store there, undis-
turbed, the wine or anything else they may buy for their own
use, to be conveyed to their monastery without selling it. And
there may dwell in it one man, who shall have a hundred muids
of wine, a year, free from all claims (creditihus) and seizure so
long as he pays the king his mueison, paid by others, in Rouen
on every hundred muids. Such wine as he may have beyond a
hundred muids is to enjoy the same quittance as that of the
other agents (homines) of chui-ches who enjoy quittance in that
town. He also grants the land that Hugh Rosel held of him in
Grainvillcj and gave the said monastery when he became a
monk.
[Signa] Willelmi regis Anglorum comitis Normannorum ;
Mathildis regine ; Ricardi de Corceio ; Gaufridi Constanciensis
episcopi ; Fulconis de Alnou.
[1101-1105.] 451. Charter of Robert duke of the Normans granting, for
(Orisinai in archives, the weal of his soul and [those] of his father and mother, his
Traas. VoTi! brothers (sic), his predecessors and his relatives, to the abbey
fo. 152.) of St. Stephen's, Caen, founded by his father William king
of the English, a market on Sundajj's in the manor of Ceus, to
be enjoyed in inheritance for ever, and a fair annually at the
time the abbot and monks might select. He grants with his
heart, and confirms it with his lips (ore) and with his hand, that
anyone violating this grant be excommunicated by authority
of the Almighty Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and
excluded for ever from the kingdom of God.
[Signa] Roberti comitis Normannie ; Eustacii de Britolio ;
Willelmi Rothomagensis archiepiscopi ; Ranulfi episcopi Dunel-
mensis ; [Odonis] episcopi Baiocensis ; Willelmi camerarii ;
Willelmi comitis de Warenna ; Roberti de Montiforte ; Gisleberti
de Aquila ; Rainaldi de Aureavalle ; Willelmi de Ferreriis ;
Radulfi Taisson ; episcopi Constanciencis ; Roberti Marmion ;
Roberti de Grentonis-maisnillio ; Roberti Doisnel.
[1156-7.] 452. Charter of Henry II. He confirms and restores to
(Original in archives. St. Stephen's Caen and the monks there serviug God, for the
^".Ifrr^vLn^ti-r weal of his soul and [those] of his father, and mother, his wife,
on plaited green tag. L J ' n ,1. j. i • Airi
Trans. Vol. I. SOUS, relatives, predecessors, and successors, all that kmg VVu-
fo. 176.) liam his great-grandfather, or king Henry his grandfather gave
it, according to their charters, and all that it rightfully (ration-
abiliter) held in their times, or rightfully acquired in their
times or his. They are, therefore, to hold, etc. ....
the manor of Northam with Aisserugia its member, in England,
in the county of Denevessire (sic) with all its appurtenances,
in lands, waters, saltpans, free of wreck-dues (wereccio) and
shirei [court] and hundred [court] ; with the dues of the ships
> " Seyra " in orig. ; Trans. ; " Seyya."
156 ABBEY OP ST, STEPHEN, CAEN.
[1156-7.]
that come there etc., as queen Mathildis wife of his great
grandfather king William, held it, when she gave it to St.
Stephen's, as the said king William's charter testifies. This he
restores. He also confirms two manors in Dorset given by-
king Williamj namely, Framton with its members and appur-
tenances in wood and plain, and Biemecomma ; and in Berk-
shire, seven hides at Heinreit. He also grants Brideton in
Dorset, of the gift of king Henry his grandfather, as it was
given with soc and sac, thol and them and Invangenetheof,
and with all dues belonging to ib, for the weal of the king's
soul and [those] of all his relatives, and, in part, for the crown
and the other ornaments belonging to it, which his father king
William, at his death, left {dimisit) to St. Stephen's ; and in
Essex (Essessa) the little manor (TnanerioluTn) of Penfeld, with
the wood adjacent, with the whole tithe of the rest of his
land, namely Tiedesham and Esingesham and Foleborne and
Aliueleia^ (sic) and Bures, and with an estate (mansio terre)
within London, Wodestrata,^ free from gelt and escot, and all
other due ; and the church of Morton, with its appurtenances
of the gift of William de Escoiis ; and in Norfolk Wells, with its
appurtenances in Gaiton, and with the church and its appurte-
nances, also of his gift.
Testibus : Rotbrodo Ebroicensi episcopo ; Phillippo Baiocensi
episcopo ; Arnulfo Lexoviensi episcopo ; Jordano Taixun ; Will-
elmo filio Johannis ; Thoma cancellario : Gaufrido Ridello,
Apud Baiocas.
[1156-7.] 453. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He confirms
(Two originals in to St. Stephen's, Caen and the monks there serving God, for
''«'''7/L°fwt'''f°f the weal of his soul, and [those] of his father, mother, wife,
Seals broken; tags jj vj. i- nr-n- i.-
of plaited green silks. SOUS, kinsmen, and predecessors, whatever king William his
Trans. Vol. I. great-grandfather, or king Henry his grandfather gave the
OS. 154- 7 .) gg^jjj abbey (ecdesia) as their charters testify, and all that they
lawfully (racionahiliter) held in the time of king Henry his
grandfather or William his great-grandfather, and all acquisi-
tions, by gift, purchase, or exchange, in their days or his own,
etc., namely [Norman possessions recited] .... In the
land of the English, two manors in the county of Dorset
Fran then and Biencomme ; in the county of Somerseth, 10 hides
at Cruche and the church with all the tithe of the place ; in
the county of Wilthesira, the church of Cosham, with all its land
and tithe ; in the county of Norf olch the manor called Welles
' Trans. : " Alvineleia." = lb. .- " Wodcstra."
^ Both these charters are -written in douhle column. Although they purport to
be granted by the king, and begin and end accordingly, the document becomes in
places a recital by the monks themselves, whose " nos " and " nostrum " there
replaces the." ego " of the king.
One of these charters gives the witnesses' names as in the text. The other adds
the words " iustic[iario] Norm[annie] " after the bishop of Evreux's name, and
inserts (after " Gaufrido capellano ") three additional witnesses : " Willelmo filio
" Martini ; Ricardo de Humeto s Manassero Biseit." The Neustria Pia version
(p. 628) is a compound, omitting " justiciario Kormannie," but including th?
three witnesses ("Biseit" being given as "Bizet").
ABBEY OF ST. STEPHEN, CAEN. 157
[1156-7.]
given by William de Scociis, with the church of Morthon and
its land and tithe in Essex; the little manor of Pantelle in
Essex, and in London land which belonged to Iieivreth, near
St, Peter's church, free from Geelth and Scoth and all other
due, which Waleran son of Kanulf gave^ with the tithe of all
his land in England ; in Henreth the land which St. Stephen's
held there of Marmium's fee. He [also] confirms and restores
Northam in Devenessira,^ given by queen Matilda in her last
illness, as free as she held it herself, with its appurtenances and
dues. He grants the land which Robert de Grentemaisnil and
Agnes his wife gave in the manor of Bernard son of Ospac at
Rouen ; and confirms the manor of Briditonia in Dorset, con-
firmed by his grandfather king Henry, with soc and sac and
thol and theam and all its dues, for the redemption of his soul,
and those of his father and mother and all his relatives ; and
this he did^ partly for the crown and other ornaments connected
with it, which his father had bequeathed to St. Stephen's at his
death, and partly in exchange for the churches and lands
of Crucha and Cosseham. He also grants that the supplies
and all the substance of the monks and of their demesne
servants be free from toll and passage-money and all due,
wheresoever they come, as his grandfather king Henry directed,
under ten pounds penalty for infringement. He also directs
that the marshal of Venoix* (Venuntium) shall not prohibit
the abbot of Caen or his meadow-keeper (pratarius) from
mowing the demesne meadows, nor take money from him for it,
etc. ; and all who come to the fair of St. Lawrence are to enjoy
his peace, coming and going, and the abbot is to enjoy all his
dues, as granted by the king, and no one is to disturb the
merchants, coming or going, under penalty of ten pounds
. . . . The whole land of the Bessin and the Hiesmois
(Oxiinis) is to be free from exaction and corvde (gravaria et
operationibus) and all other dues, etc. ... He also quit-
claims all St. Stephen's land from work on his park at Rouen
and from carriage (carreium) of his wine from Argences
(Argentic) as quitclaimed by his grandfather. .... He
confirms the gifts of Ralf son of Herbert of land at Bavent, of
Geoff'rey Bosville of two-thirds of the tithe there, in wine and
cider (sicera) as well as wheat and all else that pays tithe with
one acre in his field for a tithe-barn (grancia), also of William
Paganellus, namely, the tithe of Fontenay {Fontanetwni) as free
and complete, with an acre of land, as his predecessors ever held
it, also that of William de Audreio of the church of Loncelles
(XoceMe) with its endowments ; also that of Geoffrey de Manne-
villa of the land of Scrovilla which Godfrey de Tilleio and Ralf
his brother previously held. He also grants the market and
fair of Ceeus, as confirmed by his grandfather king Henry, whose
brother Robert granted it, under his own hand, at St. Pierre sur
Dive, etc., also the gift made by king William his great-grand-
father, namely two stags and two kids (capreolos) annually from
' See JPalgrave's English Commonwealth II., clsxxi.
» Trans, . " Denevessira." " Trans.: "feci."
* Ct Rotuli Chartarttm, I., p. 46. (2).
158 ABBEY OF ST. STEPHEN, CAEN.
[1156-7.]
(in) his woods, on the feast of the Invention of St. Stephen's
body, and William de Maigneio's gift of the fee of Eobert earl
of Gloucester, by consent of that earl and of William his son,
namely, two mills at Monsacutus. He grants the gift of abbot
Gilbert, en the fief of Hugh de Rosel, of the land which his
father gave St. Stephen's when he was made a monk there
oa condition that Hugh should perform fitting service for it
with the rest oithe fee beholds of St. Stephen's. And for this,
Hugh has given the abbey a virgate of land and two-thirds
of the tithe of all his land at Rosel and Grouchy (Groceium)
agreeing also that the tithe should be delivered at the houses
of St. Stephen's tithe-collectors free of all claim ; and for the
fees of Grainville and Groceium he has done his homage to the
abbey. He confirms the gift of the manor of Vein, which
his great-grandfather, king William gave in his last illness, as
it was held on the day of his death, etc. He also confirms all
the gifts of Odo bishop of Bayeux, his chapter consenting, that
is, only of those churches, houses, lands, which were given to
the abbey before or at its dedication, namely, of what he held
at Caen on that day, etc. . . . , Of 12 acres (jugera) of
land which abbot Lanfranc bought at Venois ( Venuntium),
of the meadows which William de Corcellis sold him of the
said bishop's fee, of all Ros except the church, etc
Of what Richard Goiz held at Rucqueville {Ruscavilla) etc.
and Ranulf the vicoTnte at Britivilla Orguellosa, etc
On all the foregoing gifts, that belonged to the church of
Bayeux, he grants the forfeiture for criminal sins, money fines,
and the injunction of penance foi- non-criminal sins by the
dwellers thereon. And he grants, as Odo granted, that whenso-
ever cases of criminal sins, in the said cliurches, houses, or
lands, are heard by the archdeacon of Bayeux, the abbot or
prior of St. Stephen's, etc He further confirms
the gifts made by the barons of Normandy to St. Stephen's,
namely that of the bourg of Trun, etc., by Roger de Mungomerio,
in record of which gift king William granted that the road
passing without the bomy should lead through it ; and that of
Robert count of Mortain, namely Hubertivilla, etc., etc. ; and that
of Richard son of Turstin, vicomte of Avranches, namely his
land at Ruschavilla of the fee of Turstin son of Richard, with the
said Turstin's consent ; and that of Ranulf vicomte of Bayeux,
etc. etc. ; and that of Robert Bertrand, namely, all his land
at Britivilla Orgulosa etc. ; and that of Eudo Dapifer, namely,
all his share of Baltha etc., and the land of Hotot, half of
which was in his demesne and half held of him by William in
fee etc. etc. ; and that of Robert de Monbrai earl of Northum-
berland, namely what he held at Vilers in Auge (Alge) near
Boseval in frank almoin ; and that of Engelram and Agnes
his wife of the church and titbc of Alnetum etc.; and
that of Ralf son of Ansera,^ namely 73 acres of his allev, at
Boseval ; and that of Ralf son of Herfred, namely half the
» MS,: "Ansere" (?"Anseredi")-
ABBEY OP ST. STEPHEN, CAEN. 159
[1156-7.]
laud he held near Badwent etc. ; and that of Serlo de Lingevrio,
namely the church of Buxedellum etc. with all the rightful
tithe of his demesne and his villeins, and with a third of the
tithe of his krfights there and of the other parishioners who
attend that church .... and that of William de Sola,
namely all that Hugh de Diva held of him at Dives and
Chaumont ; and the privileges granted at Alen9on by William
count of Ponthieu. He also confirms the purchases and
exchanges made by Lanfranc, W^illiam, Gilbert, Eudo, Peter,
and WiUiam, abbots of St. Stephen's. Lanfranc purchased etc.
, . . . William purchased from Robert Marmion, by consent
of his wife and children, a mill on the Laize (Leisia) etc. . .
. . from Roger Arundel an acre and a half of meadow . .
. . from Osmund Aculeus, Richard, and Roger the alleu they
had at Chaumont (Galvum montem) on the Dive, of which he
afterwards gave 50 acres to Boselin^ in fee, on receiving the
price he had given for the land [and] on condition that after
the death of Boselin'S uncle, Ansered the priest, two-thirds
of the tithe there should always go to St. Stephen's etc
To abbot William Ranulf son of Ascelin sold all the land
belonging to him within and about the church, and all that the
abbey had bought from him everywhere, so that neither he
nor any heir of his could make any claim therein. In this sale
was comprised all his land except {pretei^) his own house and
two acres of meadow and an acre and three roods of land. All
this he definitely confirmed before the altar of St. Stephen's
and the abbot and many of the convent, his wife and children
being present, and joining with him in the act. [Abbot]
William bought etc. ... To [abbot] Lanfranc Gisla, wife
of William Patric, and her son William sold 5 acres of land at
Caen, and Ranulf son of Ascelin 4 acres, from which stone was
quarried for the monastery. . . . Robert de Belfou granted,
in alms, to St. Stephen's all the land which Hugh de Diva held
of him at and round Dives Hugh de Diva and
Boselin,^his brother gave St. Stephen's, at Modol, four acres and
a half of vineyard free from all payments except a third of the
tithe, Hugh or his heir being also bound to render to the monks,
at vintage time, 6 muids of wine .... Robert son of
Bernard burnt four houses belonging to St. Stephen's and a
winepress (torcularium) with all the wine-pots (vinaria) of
which there were many at vintage-time at Modol, and inflicted
other heavy loss, in wine, horses, oxen, and much else, for
which he gave [in compensation] 40 shillings of Le Mans and
the tithe of Moen near Ceus and all those dues, and mortgages,
and purchases, and alms, which the monks held at Modal of
Hugh de Rovres and Emma his wife, etc William
the butler de Albigneio gave St. Stephen's all that he held at
Etaveaux {Stavellum) of it, in inheritance. This gift had been
previously made by William at the castle of Caen, in the
presence of the king and the barons [Abbot] Eudo
Cf. Domeeday, I., 202b. ' T^ans. -. " propter."
160
[1156-7.]
ABBEY OF ST. STEPHEN, CAEN.
bought at Scarvilla 50 acres of land from two brothers, Adelulf
and Alan for thirty pounds ten shillings in money of Rouen, of
which Adelulf, the elder, had 12 pounds and a horse of 20
shillings [value], and his sons William and Osmund, for their
consent, (concessione), the one 20 shillings and the other a tunic
(damidem), [while] Alan had 15 pounds, Thomas, his son,^
for his consent a horse and 20 shillings, [and] his mother
10 shillings and two sestiers of wheat and one of barley.
William Bacon, of whose fee was the land, received from the
abbot 16 pounds, 11 shillings, and [for ?] the hauberk [? knight's
fee] which belonged to Robert de Tiesgoz 100 shillings in
money, to free the land to St. Stephen's that no service or
aid should thenceforth be required from the vendors or from
the brethren ; and Roger his son, for his consent, had 40
shillings for a palfrey. Robert de Tresgoz, when admitted
as a monk before his death, gave a holding at St. Croix,
The men of Siccavilla, received into the brotherhood of St.
Stephen's, gave it two-thirds of their tithes. The church of
that vill, which the abbey had peaceably possessed from of
old, was persistently claimed by a certain clerk, Herbert. King
Henry, resolving to put an end to the trouble, summoned both
parties to plead before him on an appointed day, at the castle
of Caen. On the day appointed, the abbot and monks, with all
that was required, attended {suum placitum ohtulerunt) before
the king and justice, but Herbert made default in the hearing
of the king, all the justices (totius jusHcie) and the barons;
and, by the decision of the king and justice[s], St. Stephen's
remained seised, no more to make answer to anyone therein.
Roger son of Peter de Fontaneto, in the presence of all the
justice[s] restored to St. Stephen's that land [Fontenay] and all
the tithes which had been given it by his grandfather Godfrey
and his father, and granted them to be held by it for ever
. . . . He (the king) also confirms (co7icedo) the agreement
between the abbot and Richard son of Edith made at London,^
and that between the monks of St. Stephen's and the king's
officers concerning the land of Brideport and Brideton.^
Testibus : Rothroco Ebroicensi episcopo ; Philippo Baiocensi
episcopo ; Arnulfo Lexoviensi episcopo ; Thoma cancellario ;
Gaufrido Ridello ; Gaufrido capellano ; Willelmo filio Johannis ;
Godart de Vaus; Jordano Taixum; Ricardo de Haia. Apud
Cadomum.
[1156-1159.] 454. Writ of Henry 11. addressed to his officers of all
(Original in Normandy. The monks of St. Stephen's of Caen are to enjoy
arc ives.) ^^l their privileges, houses, and rents at Rouen, Avranches,
and Dives, as the charter of Robert de Novo Burgo witnesses
they proved their right (disracionaverunt) to them in his
[Henry's] court before him [Robert] and the king's barons;
and at Caen they are to enjoy the same privileges as the charter
' Omitted in Transcript, of whicli the text is here corrupt.
2 Trans. : "Londonera."
' See Palgrave's English Commonwealth II., clxxxiii. for this agreement.
ABBEY OF ST. STEPHEN, CAEN. 161
[1156-1159,]
o£ the bisbop of Evreux witnesses to have been proved in his
(the king's) court. And no one is to wrong them therein.
Teste Pbilippo Baiocensi episcopo per Regin[aldum] Warwic.
Apud Cadumiim.
[1166-1174.] 455. Charter of. Hugh earl of Chester granting, by per-
(Originai in archives, mission and with the assent of his lord king Henry, for the
Norin^dierfo. 146. ^^^^ °^ ^^^ ^°"^ ^^^ those of his predecessors, the gift which his
Trans. Vol. I. predecessor, Ranulf vicomte of Bayeux made to St. Stephen's,
fo. 178.) Caen of all the land which he held in Brittivilla Orgoillosa with
the share of the church appurtenant, and the tenants {coloni)
and freeman (liberi homines) thereof ; also the church of Eoe-
,villa with its alleu and whole tithe, as in king William's charter.
Testibus : Gisleberto episcopo Lundoniensi^ ; B-icardo archi-
diacono Pictaviensi ; Walerano archiadiacono Baiocensi ;
magistro Radulfo de Than[wrde]^ ; Willelmo de Mandevllla
comite de Essessia ; Willelmo comite de Arundel ; Hugone de
Longocampo; Reginaldo de Curtenay; Johanne de Waureio;
Hachet de Ridefort^ ; Ranulfo de Grandivalle ; Gaufrido de
Constantino ; Rogero de Livet ; Ranulfo de Glainvilla, et
Germano* scriptore regis, et Willelmo clerico meo, et pluribus
aliis, apud Chivilly.
1171. 456. Notification^ that in the year 1171, William de
(Original in archives. Abovilla, with consent of Henry his eldest son, gave in alms
T^ans "^Vol"! ^^^ ®^®^' ^ ^^^ abbey of St. Stephen's, Caen all his right of
fo. 179.) presentation to the church of Bretteville Orgeillosa and the
chapel of Putot, and placed that gift on St. Stephen's altar, and
made corporal oath on the gospels that he would never make
any claim thereto, against the abbot and monks, but would
warrant it to them to the utmost of his power, and without
their sending him his expenses ; and for this gift abbot William
and the monks gave William 30 pounds of Anjou. This was
done in the presence of king Henry, and of the bishops Arnulf of
Lisieux, Froger of Seez, Goscelin of Salisbury, and of the king's
justices William de Sancto Johanne and William de Corceio,
and of Thomas archdeacon of Bayeux, representing Henry bishop
of Bayeux, and confirming the agreement with his own seal.
Testibus etiam : Herberto precentore ; Galerano archidiacono ;
et Rogerio de Ame, et Johanne archidiacono Sagiensi, et
Johanne archidiacono liuxoviensi, et aliis; Willelmo de
Glainvilla ; Willelmode Humeto ; Ricardo filio comitis ; Willelmo
Crasso ; Ranulfo de Grand val; Roberto de Vein, et Willelmo
fratre suo, et Robert de Aniseio.
[1168-1190.] 457. Charter of Robert earl of Leicester confirming to
(Original in archives. St. Stephen's abbey, Caen, and the monks there serving God,
fo^'lTs") ' ^°^ *^® ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^°^^ ^^'^ those of his predecessors, of the
countess Petronilla his wife and of his children, a turner in his
forest of Breteuil to make them dishes and cups (ciphos) for the
' Trans.: " Lundoni." = lb..- "Than"; Cart. : "Tam[wrda]."
' Cart. ; " Bidefort." " Cart. : " Gervasio."
* Styling itself " Litis divisio."
e 92684. L
1^62 , ABBEY OF ST. STEPHEN, CAEN.
[1168-1190.]
use of their house, as free as his own turner in that forest, or
anyone else's.
Testibus : Rogerio de Campana ; Hamone de Hotot ; Regi-
naldo de Haya ; Willelmo de Bellagrava ; magistro Hugone
clerico meo ; Gaufrido de Dovra ; Halano de Cheus ; Luca
Pincerna ; Herherto de Luzay.
[1169-1180.] 458. Charter of Henry If. addressed to the archbishop of
(Collated copy in the Rouen and all his officers of Normandy. He gives to the abbey
arc nes.; (^ecclesie) of St. Stephen, Caen and its monks one day's fair,
yearly on St. Stephen's day next after Christmas, receiving all
the dues on that day from those who come to it and return.
Testibus H[enrico] episcopo Baiocensi ; Ricardo de Humeto
constabulario ; Willelmo de Albinneio ; Roberto "de Briwecurt ;
Roberto de Stutevilla. Apud Cadomum.
[1174-1182.] 459. Charter of Richard archbishop of Canterbury, primate
(Original in archives, of all England, confirming to the abbey of St. Stephen's, Caen
'^fo^isi') ^^^ ^^^ possessions etc., in the province of Canterbury, namely
the manor of Northam and its church, with Aisserugia, a
member of that manor; in Dorset, Frantona and Biencoma
with its church ; in Berchesire, at Henreth,^ seven hides of
land ; in Dorset Bridetone ; in Essex Penfeld, given by Waleran
son of Ranulf, with the whole tithe of Tiedesham, Clesingham,
Folebornia, Aelivaleio and Bures, and with an estate, within
London, ia Wodestre ; also the church of Morton and the tithe
of the demesne of William de Abracense, from his mill, pannage,
cheese, calves, poults {pullis), apples, nuts, and other tithes
belonging to that church, according to William's charter ; also
the messuage of John the chaplain, near the churchyard, with
the adjacent flax -ground (iinaria) of William's gift ; in Norfolk
the manor of Welles and the church of St. Nicholas of Gaiton
etc. ; further, the churches of Frantona^ ; Biencombe, Wittrem-
burna, Abbetescomba, saving the bishop's dues, in accordance
with the charter of Joseelin bishop of Salisbury.* All is to be
held in accordance with the benefactors' charters, which he has
seen and handled with his own hands. Curses on those who
infringe this grant.
Testibus : Walterio RofTensi* episcopo ; magistro Petro
Bleseeno archidiacono Bathon[iensi]' ; Moise" capellano, magistro
Rogerio de Roulvestro ; Henrico Baiocense ; Johanne capellano ;
Roberto de Bathwento ; Willelmo Sottewaine, et aliis multis.
1190, 20 March. 460. Charter of Richard I. granting to St. Stephen's, Caen,
(Originil in archives, and the monks there serving God, for the weal of his soul
^'fo^m^t ^^^ those of his father and mother and his kinsmen and pre-
decessors, all the following gifts, purchases, exchanges, recoveries,
concords, and all rightful acquisitions made in the time of his
father king Henry and his own : namely' etc of
the gift by Robert de Haia to St. Stephen's of all his holding
1 Trans. : "Hevreth." 2 Trans. ; "Francona."
' Trans. . " Joselis Gareshi." ■• Trans. ; " Eofo."
° Trans. -. "Bathone." * Trans.: "Morse."
' A great nuinher of late and very small grants of land iu If OTni.")ndy follow.
ABBEY OF ST. STEPHEN, CAEK. 163
1190.
in the forest etc., saving the rents and services due to the lord
of whose fee was the holding ; also the gift by Hugh Malbeenc
and Ascelina his wife of the said tenement held of them by
Robert ; the gift by Hugh Paganellus, his
Avife and sons, of 11 acres in Hastellonda near Faihilleium ;
the gift, by William Tresgoz and Robert his
son, of a vavassor at Siccavilla ; also the pur-
chases and recoveries etc. by abbot William in the time of king
Henry who recovered the land of Eschelinus
from the earl of Gloucester and a villein's
holding (villenagiuin) at Brachevilla from Geoffrey earl of
Mandevilla [on] giving him ten pounds, and the land of
Brittivilla superba etc. — formerly given by Ranulf vicomte of
Bayeux to St Stephen's — [on] giving him 50 pounds Angevin
and two palfreys, the church of Seun from William de Abovilla
and Robert de Seun who claimed its presentation, [on] giving
William 30 pounds of Anjou and 10 to Robert ; also the release
to him by Ralf tiericius of Combraium and Ralf de Combraio
his son [on] his giving them 40^ shillings of Anjou etc.
and by the two nephews (nepotibus) of Geoffrey de Clinton of
the rights they claimed in Francavilla, for 40 shillings of Anjou
etc. etc
Testibus : Walterio Rothomagensi archiepiscopo ; W^[illelmo]
Eliensi episcopo cancellario nostro ; Henrico Baiocensi, Radulfo
Lexoviensi, Willelmo Constauciensi, Johanne Ebroicensi,
episcopis ; Willelmo de Humeto constabulario ; Willelmo filio
Radulfi senescallo Normannie. Datum per manum <To!innnis de
Alencone Lexoviensis archidiaconi vice-cancellarii nostri, apud
Rothomagum xx. die martii regni nostri anno primo.
1190. 461. Charter of Robert de Gouiz, notifying that he gives to
(Original in archives. St. Stephen's, Caen and the monks there serving God the
^ir'i95 ) ^' church of St. Machutus of Moan for the weal of his soul and
[those] of his kinsmen, predecessors, and lords.
Hoc autem factum est in plena assisia apud Cadomum et
relatum ad scaccarium domini regis, et in rotulis annotatum,
presente Willelmo filio Radulfi tunc senescallo Normannie, anno
ab incarnatione domini mocxc". Testibus domino Roberto electo
Wirecestrie ; Radulfo Taisson ; Willelmo Taisson ; Roberto
abbate Fontaneti ; Rogerio de Arry ; Ansquetillo ; Willelmo
Tolmer ; Roberto de Bernaio ; Radulfo de Lexovio ; Waltero
Anglico ; Willelmo Calviz ; Roberto de Livet ; Ricardo filio
Henrici ; Radulfo scriptore ; Rogero de Siceavilla ; Rogero de
Gouiz ; Thoma MalfiUastre ; Rogero Suhart ; Johanne de
Fontaneto ; Willelmo de Callouey ; Roberto filio Brite ; Radulfo
de Mundrevilla ; Philippo de Siceavilla ; Gaufrido de Galomance ;
Roberto de Garsale ; Roberto filio Hugonis ; Ada^ et Serlo[ne]
de Carpiquet, et aliis multis.
1200, 7 June. 462. Charter of John in favour of St. Stephen's, Caen.
(Original in D'Anisy'sp-^^^g^ in Rotuli Cartarum I. 69, but without the last two
Tmns-mLfo-lat) witnesses :— " Petro de Pratellis ; Ricardo de Reveriis."
' Trans. ; " Adam."
h 2
164
ABBEY OF ST. MARTIN, TROARN,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OE BAYEUX.
" [Original BocuTnents, Charter-foU, Cartulary, and "Liber
Rubeus," in Archives of the Calvados ; Original Bocuments in
Archives of the Manche ; Cartulary in Bibliotheque Rationale,
MS. Lat. 10,086.1]
1069 (?). 463. iSTote of the properfcj' (res) of St. Martin of Troarti,
(Cartulary of Troarn, which earl Roger willed to be written down and presented for
Trans Vol III confirmation at the hand of king William. E^irst, all Troarn
fo! 320.) etc And because (quia) he was about to cross the
sea with the king, the earl added on All Saints' day, at the
suggestion of his lieges and the request of the monks, the whole
sluice (sclusa) of Troarn from land to land, giving it to St.
Martin and ordering it to be entered on this charter. Next,
all his share of Bures, saving his mother's share, in land and
wood, etc and the land of Geoffi-ey called the fool
(stultus) in consideration of (pro) which [land] Geoifrey was
made a monk in St. Martin's monastery .... and the
land recently given by Eoger Tanetin etc The
gifts of the king and his barons are as follows : — ....
in Gourbesville (Ooisbertivilla) the land of Alvred Malbenhenc
etc. .... And what the king's barons granted before
him is this^ : — Eoger de Belmont gave a carucate (carrum)
in Brotona with pasture for St. Martin's swine .... At
Lingronia William de Columberiis gave the whole church, with
a third of the tithe, for his son William made a monk in St.
Martin's monasteiy. At Tallivilla, Turstin de Croilleio, William
de Columberiis, Koscelin son of Herald, Robert son of Rainfred,
Richard vicmnte of Avranches, have given all they held, for the
weal of their lord and of their souls, etc Odo
bishop of Bayeux has given all episcopal dues from that vill
and its church, and the king has gladly granted it, and bis
1 This 13th cent. Cartulary was bought by M. Frederic Galeran from the heirs
of Abbe dc la Hue, a well-known Norman antiquary, and bequeathed by hira to
M. le Prerost, who presented it, in 1843, to the Bibliothfeque Nationale. It was
not used by M. d'Anisy, and it differs wholly in arrangement from the Cartulary
of Troarn at Caen, with which its text has been collated by the Editor.
'^ Ths transcript, following the Cartulary, is wrongly punctuated, and should
run : — " et ista sunt de propriis regis Willelmi : que vero dederunt eoclesie Sancti
Martini barones ejus et coram eo concesserunt, hec sunt."
ABBEY OF TEOAEN". 165
1069 (I)
barons. And William de Columberiis has given the whole tithe
of everything there belonging to him, etc
Confirmation by William duke of the Normans and king of
the English of all the above endowment etc., as granted by him
and his lieges, in the presence and with the witness of those of
his lieges who are present, etc
[Signa] regis Willelmi Anglorum ; Mathildis regine ; Johannis
archiepiscopi ; Odonis episcopi Baiocensis ; Hugonis Luxoviensis
episcopi ; Rogeri de Montegomerio ; Rotberti comitis filii regis ;
Rotberti filii ipsius Rogerii ; Odonis comitis ; Ricardi de Corcei ;
Radulfi de Montepincion.
Curses on those who violate, and blessings on those who up-
hold this charter.
Hec firmatio facta est a rege Willelmo Anglorum et principe
Normannorum anno dominice Incarnationis molx.°viiii-^ (sic),
secundo vero ex quo unctus est et coronatus.^
[1069-1 079.] 464. Writ of William I.^ addressed to J[ohn] archbishop [of
(Roll "of 1120" in Rouen*] and G[eoffrey] bishop of Coutances. He has granted
Trinf v'oTlIl *° ^t. Martin's, Troarn all the land that Mabel the countess
fo. 324.) [of Shrewsbury] held of him in England, with all its appur-
tenances, to be enjoyed free of all service and dues, for the soul
of Mabel, as he held it himself on the day he gave it. There-
fore they are to give to St. Martin livery (facite liherare) of all
that land.
[1079-1082.] 465. Charter of Roger [de Montgomery], a Norman of the
(Cartulary of Normans {ex Northmannis Northmanti'us), son of Roger the
i^'^n^'^Vol in great. Moved by the gracious inspiration of God and the desire
fo. 318.) for eternal salvation (salutis), and profiting by the example of
many distinguislied men in the past, he has resolved to con-
struct, at Troarn, a church in honour of the most blessed
confessor [St. Martin] and to endow it with no small part of
his inheritance for the redemption of his soul and [those] of his
relatives, and especially of his wife Mabel latelj' deceased" ;
and of his sons, namely [with] all Troarn itself and the whole
alleu of Bures etc and the land of Ramberti —
hulmus etc which island his son Philip holds etc.
. , . . This charter he is careful to present to his lord
William prince of the Normans and, by the grace of God, king
of the English, that it may be confirmed for ever by his hand
(manus signd) so that he and his noble wife and offspring may
share in the eternal reward of this endowment etc
[Signa] Willelmi regis; Mathildis regine; Rotberti comitis
Northniannorum ; Willelmi fratris ejus; Rogerii comitis;
Rotberti filii ejus; Hugonis, Rogerii, Philippi, Arnulfi
[filiorum ejus]; Willelmi archiepiscopi^; Odonis presulis
Trans. : " unctns et coronatus fuit."
This roll is now in the archives of the Calvados, but is almost illegible in parts.
' Wrongly ascribed by D'Anisy to William II. ■• If " J-" is correct.
' Also large ancient copy on parchment in archives.
« gaid to have been assassinated 2 De?. 1082. ' Succeeded 1079,
166
ABBEY OF TROARN".
[1079-1082.]
Baiocensis ; Gisleberti Lisiacensis episcopi ; Gisleberti Ebroi-
censis episcopi ; Eoberti Sagiensis episcopi^ ; Michaelis Abrinca-
tensis^ episcopi ; Rogerii Belmontensis vicecomitia ; Rodberti
comitis Mauritanie (sic) ; Willelmi abbatis Fiscanni ; Girberti
abbatis' ; Nicholai abbatis Sancti Audoeni; Guntardi Gemegiensis
abbatis ; Manierii abbatis Sancti Ebrulfi ; Fulconis abbatis
Divensis ; Rotberti abbatis Sagiensis ; abbatis Cadomensis ;
Willelmi abbatis Cormeliensis ; abbatis Deodati Fontaneti ;
Anselmi abbatis Beccensis ; Osberti abbatis Bernai.
[1079-1083.]
(Cartulary of
Troain, fo. IIG.
Trans. Vol. Ill,
fo. 323.)
466. Charter of Herbert son of Geoflfrey, notifying his gift
to God and Martin his saint at IVoarn, out of his inheritance, of
the church of St. Mary in Diva and 15 burgesses (burgariis)
and 5 salt-pans and the arable land there called Chaumont
(Galvus mons), of which the fourth part is his, first for the soul
of count Robert the great and of his son William king of the
English, his lord, and his son Robert the second, then for the
weal of his lord Roger [de Beaumont], to whom these things
belong, and of his wife and his sons, namely Henry and Robert,
also for the souls of his own father and mother, Geoffrey and
Adelina, lastly for his weal and the redemption of his soul.
He also gives two salt-pans at Touques (Tolca). All these
endowments he has caused to be inscribed on this little charter
(cartiola) and to be confirmed, as is customary, by the authority
of the above king and the attestation (subscriptione) of his
lords and other of the faithful, that his gift may thus be lasting
and safe from attack (invasione) by the perfidious.
Confirmation and " signum " of William king of the English
and prince of the Normans.
[Signa] Mathildis regine ; Roberti comitis; Willelmi*;
Willelmi archiepiscopi ; Odonis episcopi Baiocensis ; Rogerii
de Bellomonte ; Roberti filii ejus ; Henrici filii ejus ; Herberti
de Spineta ; Matildis sororis ejus et Ricardi filii ejus; Gisleberti
episcopi; Rogerii comitis; Rodberti filii ejus.
1092, Feb.
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. S6d.
Trans. Vol. HI.
fo. 323.)
467. Charter of Roger Tanetin, dated February, " 1092,"Tioti-
fying that he with his sons and brothers, Helias, Rainfred,
Turstin, and Robert, have granted in inheritance and sold to
abbot Arnulf and the monks of St. Martin's, Troarn, the share
of the church and idl the land they have hitherto held in
Gislervilla, for the love of God and for their weal and that of
their predecessors, and in consideration of (propter) 30 pounds
in money of Le Mans, en the terms that if one should wish to
infringe or undo this agreement or sale in any way, they are to
defend and support it (tutores et adjiUores sint) by every
means, and their heirs [also], with the protection and defence
of earl Roger and his sons, the abbey being the earl's, and the
land being of his honour (honore), the charter being confirmed
by him and Robert de Belesme his son.
> a. 1082 (?).
Trans. : " Abrincacensis,"
* Omitted in Trans.
3 Of St. WandriUe,
ABBEY OF TROARN,
167
1092.
Hujus rei fidejussores fuerunt : Erneisus filius "Wenchenel ;
Herbertus Gisler maior ; Eogerius de Scuris. Ex parte Sancti
Ma,vtmi testes fuerunt hi : Willelmus de Buissuni ; Goiffredus
de Bruere ; Serlo cemeutarius et Hugo filius ejus ; Gislebertus
nepos abbatis ; Godefredus Baholt et Boso filii ejus ; Ricardus
filius Walterii Faber ; Acardus sartor ; Hugo Cananeiis et filii
ejus ; Eobeitus Mala-Radix.
[1094-1098.]
(Roll in private
hands '
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 32.^.)
468. Writ of William II. addressed to Walter the sheriff
of Gloecestra. Horseleia, the land of St. Martin's, Troarn, is to
be rated (rata) and quit at 7 hides for all claims (querelis) as in
the time of the king's father; and Walter is to guard that land
that no one may do it wrong.
Testibus : Hugone comite de Salopesberia, et Roberto filio
Hamonis. Yalete.
[1100-1106.]
(Boll in private
hands.'
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 326.)
469. Charter of Henry I. addressed to Sampson (8av,s[oni])^
bishop [of Worcester], Walter the sheriff" of Gloecestra, and all
his barons, French and English, of Gloecestra scira. He grants
to St. Martin's, Troarn all that land which Mabel the countess
[of Shrewsbury] held of his father in England with all its
appurtenances, to be held as quit of all service and dues as his
father granted for Mabel's soul, and as his father held it on the
day he gave it to the countess.
TestiJbus : Wald[rico] cancellario, et Roberto comite de
Mellend. Apud Westimosterium (sic) in Natale.
I [1100-1107.]
(Boll in private
hands.'
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 325.)
470. Charter of Henry I. confirming to St. Martin's,
Troarn and the monks there serving or to serve God, for his
soul and those of his father and mother and of all his pre-
decessors, the endowment they possessed tlnoughout his realm
in the time of his father and brother, namely Rogentona and
Haringeia and Horsleia given by Roger earl of Shrewsbury'-,
and three hides at Waltam given by Herluin and the tithes
of Graf an and of Estretinona and two houses (inasuras) in
Cicestra and the tithe of Musetona given by Oismelin and the
tithe of Mundreham given by Torstin de Fontanis, and the
tithe of ^ given by Ralf Bastardus, and that [of
Offham]^ given by Aseio. He also grants the gift of Robert
de Rapoliolo, namely the church of St. Andrew, Witenehet
with the priest's land and the tithes belonging to the vill, and
that of Mapelel .... with the priest's land, and one
ploughland with the meadows appurtenant, and the tithe of the
villj and that of Mollenda with the priest and the tithes of tlic
manor and one plough[land] with meadow and three tenants
(hospites) with their land, and one in Espicevine and the church
of Warocle with the tithes which Robert gave the saint.
[Signa] Henrici regis ; Mathildis regine ; Roberti filii
Hamonis; Johannis episcopi Batuensis; Radulfi episcopi
t See note supra, p. 165. ^ Xrans. : » Sanxoni " in error. ^ Boll injured here.
168
ABBEY OF TEOARN.
[1100-1107.]
Cicestrensis ; Mauricii episcopi Londinensis^ ; Herbert! episcopi
Tetfordensis ; Robert! episcopi Oestreusis ; Gondulfi episcopi
Eofensis ; Hamonis dapiferi ; Richard[i] filii Rogerii comitis ;
Willelmi camerarii ; Walterii Gifart, et pluribus aliis (sie).
1103, 7 June. 471, Charter of Henry de Columberiis, granting to St.
(Cartulary of Troarn, Martin's, Troam, all that his fatber William had given and
MS.lat. fo. ao. g^'anted, before he went on crusade {Jerosolimam pergeret),
Trans. Vol. III. from the endowments of the church of Lingrona, belonging
fo. 329.) Iq iiig father and himself, namely the third part of the tithe
of the whole parish, of which, in his life time, he retained two-
thirds, and the whole tithe of his demesne {proprie) land and
his plough etc. . . . Also the whole tithe of the aliens
of the men at Talliavilla as they held it in his father's time,
burial, first fruits, and all else belonging to the revenue of the
church.
Facta est autem hec donatio et concessio Mociiio anno ab
incarnatione domini vij. idibus Junii, die dominica, in capitulo
Sancti Martini Troarni, presidente domino abbate Arnulfo.
Testes de parte Henrici : Mauricius filius Willelmi Talvaz, et
Michael filius Gisleberti de Hantona, nepotes ipsius Henrici ;
Willelmus Pepin filius Fulcheredi de Cadomo ; Anschetillus
dapifer ejus ; Robertus Waspal. Testes ex parte abbatis : Ranulfus
de Curlibuef ; Gislebertus nepos abbatis ; Arnulfus dapifer ;
Herbertus Hosat ; Turstinus de Gulet ; Godefredus Gutta-auri ;
Goisfredus Cochepul.
To make this grant of lasting effect, the abbot gave Henry a
palfrey thnt he desired, and a marc of silver for bit and saddle.
[1103-1112.]
(EoU in private
hands.^
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 326.)
472. Writ of Henry I. addressed to Sampson (Sanxoni) bishop
of Worcester and Walter de Gloecestra and all his barons and
ofiicers, French and English of Gloecestre-scira. Henceforth
the 10 hidts of the manor of Horseleia are to acquit themselves
for 7 hides from all gelds, things {rchus), and scots.
Teste Rogero episcopo Salesberie.
[1100-1109.] 473, Charter of Robert son of Haimon granting to St. Martin
(Boll in private etc. [as in No. 475]. This he does by permission of Henry king of
Tracs^Vo^i HI. ^^^ English and Sanson bishop of Worcester. May he who shall
fo. 327.) violate this be excommunicated by God.
riioo-1109.]
ilbid.)
[1100-1112.]
(EoU in private
hands.'
Tians. Vol. III.
fo. 326.)
474. Testification by Sampson (Sanxo) bishop of Worcester,
that Robert son of Haimon, with permission of the king .and of
himself, has granted etc. [as in No. 475]. This is done solemnly,
so that anyone who may thenceforth violate it may know that
he is transfixed by the sword of anathema.
475. Charter of Henry I. addressed to Sampson bishop [of
Worcester] and Walter the sheriff and all his barons both
French and English of Gloecestrascira. He grants to St. Martin's,
Troarn the monastery and parish of Horseleia, absolutely
' Trans. ; " Londoni."
See note supra, p. 165.
ABBEY OF TROARN,
169
[1100-1112.]
1105.
(Cartulary of
Tioam. fo. 94d.
Trans. Vol. HI.
fo. 33U.)
111.5[ ?]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. 49.
MS. lat., fo. 41.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 330.)
[1100-1114.J
(Original [or
free from subjection to the church and parish of Havelinges,
as the church and parish of Havelinges is free from subjection
to the church and parish of Horseleia, so that these parishes
and churches may owe no subjection one to the other.
Testibus : Roberto comite de Mellent, et Roberto capellano de
Rotomago.
476. Notification that after Lancelin son of Osmond the
priest, returned from Jerusalem, in the jear 1105^ the second
Sunday after the octaves of Pentecost, he entered the chapter
[house]. of -Troarn and granted the monks the whole tithe of the
vioibstier (monasterii) of Airam etc. . . . and three acres
of land for the soul of his brothers, who had died on pilgrimage
(in via Dei) etc And, for this grant, he brought
forward his wife (domina) Agnes, of whose inheritance it was,
and earnestly besought her to grant it of her own accord. And
she raising her voice, said, in the hearing of all : " I gladly grant
" [it] to God and St. Martin, and will cause it to be confirmed
" (annexare) by my sons."
Test[es] : Ernaldus de Stochis et plures alii.
477. Charter of Henry I.' giving to St. Martin's, Troarn and
St. Mary of Cella, the church of Vire {GasLrmn Vire), and
other benefactions [specified] in Normandy.
Signura Ricardi comitis Cestrensis.
478. Charter of William count of Evreux and his wife
Helvisa addressed to all [their] lords and friends, clerk and
lr!hi°esTcIwlZZ lay- For the weal of their predecessors, their lords, themselves
Cartulary of their sons and all their successors, they give to St. Martin's,
Troarn, fo. 82. Troarn for ever all the parishioners of the bourg constructed at
'^^fo328) Waravilla, about St. German's church, which they held in
exchange, for their demesne (propriis) fields and the land of
their villeins, from Robert their baron (nostrum baronem) of
Belfou, as Robert and his rmdertenant (vavassor) Ralf gave
them to St. Martin's. They also give the dues to which they are
entitled from one burgess in that bourg etc and
half the tithe of the dishes (discis) recently made or to be made
or to be taken from the sea, as from their own liind et-c. . . .
[Sig-na] Henrici dei gratia regis Anglorum ; Wiilelmi comitis
Ebroicensis ; Helvise comitisse.
[Giro. 1 1 30.] 479. Wi-it of Henry I. addressed to his j ustices, sheriff's, and
(Original in private officers throughout England and Normandy, especially of the
^■''"Trans^VoL I1L°' seaports. The wholy corrody and all the property of the
fo! 327.) monks of Troarn (Trvxirdo), that their men can declare
(affidare) to be for their own food and clothing, is to be free of
1 The MS. lat. (but not the Cartulary) combines Eichard earl of Chester with him
here.
2 Now in archives of the Calva'los. Part of the document, including the king's
name, is torn off.
170 ABBEY OF TEOARN.
[Circ. 1130.]
toll and passage [money] and every due throughout Engl
and Normandy. Ten pounds penalty for infringement.
Testibus' : R[oberto] de Ver et Johanne Mariscallo^ aj
Cadomum,
[1155.] 480. Charter of Henry II. granting to the abbey of St.
Circ. 30 Sept. Martin and the monks there serving God all the gifts rightfully
(Cartulary ot made to them in England and Normandy, as they held them
Liber°Ril'eus io 13 ^^ *^® *^™® °^ ^^^ great grandfather king William and his
Trans. Vol. III. grandfather king Henry, etc In Goisbertivilla the
fo. 337.) land of Alvered Malbenhenc etc .... Of the gift of his
grandfather king Henry, and of Richard earl of Chester, the
church of Vire {Gastro-Vire) with all its appurtenances, and the
tithe of all the rents belonging to that castle, namely from mills,
ovens, toll, and lands. Of the gifts of barons, by permission
of king William, Roger de Bellomonte gave them a cart [load]
in the forest of Broctona, and free pannage for their swine
there etc and all that has been given them in the
vill of Lingruna of the fee and gift of William de Columberiis
and his men, Robert son of Hamo and his men, Jordan de Say
and his men, Geoffrey de Constantino and his men ; several
lands in Bemiferes (Bernerie) of the gift of Roger de Curcella,
his heirs and his men etc . . • Of the gift of Adelicia, sister
of Robert de Komilleio 5 acres of land etc of the
gift of Ranulf de Prateriis in England at Dalbeia and Hole-
sheia, two thirds of the tithe in crops (segetibus) a.nd the tithe of
" mala " (s'ic)'and flocks and cheeses and fleeces, from the demesne,
and the messuage of Seward the brewer {Braciatoris) etc . .
Of the gift of Walter de Meduana and bis wife, and his sons
Hamelin and Juhel, all his rights in the church of Muscampe
etc Of the gift of William de Traceio, the mill of
Trebuchet and the tithe of his mills of St Vigor ; of the gift of
Richard de Novilla and of AVilliam, the church of Novilla etc.
.... Of that of Roger de Laceio, the church of St. Stephen
de Rupe and a villein with 60 acres of land ; of that of Walter
de Meduana the tithe of the oven and mill at Fontenay Paynel
(Fagunelli) etc. . . . And in England, of the gift of earl
Roger of Montgomery, the whole land of Rogentona, with its
men and appurtenances ; in Harengereia, land and men ; in
Walteham, three hides of land ; tithes in Graf an and Estremeton ;
and in Chichester, two messuages and the church of St. Cyriac ;
and at Merseton tithes ; and at Offham {Olfam) tithes. The
abbey and the monks there serving God are to enjoy all the
foregoing, etc. etc.
Testibus : Theobaldo Canthuariensi archiepiscopo, et Johanne
Wirecestrensi episcopo, et Gisleberto Herefordensi episcopo, et
Thoma cancellario, et Willelmo fratre regis, et Roberto com'ite
Legrecestrie, et Willelmo comite Glocestrie, et Raginaldo
comite Cornubie, et Henrico de Essexa conestabulario, et
' Trans. : "Teste." ^ Trans. : " Johanne de Mara" in error.
^ roUowed by an Inspeximus of this charter by Louis of France in 1269.
ABBEY OF TEOARN.
171
[1155.]
Ricardo de Hume[to]'^ conestabul[ari]o, et Ricardo de Lucy, et
Roberto filio comitis Legrecestrie, et Manosserio Biset dapifero,
efc Warino filio Geroldi camerario, et Roberto de Dunestanvilla,
et Gocelyno de Baillolo, et Henrico de Oilly, et Willelmo de
Lannalem,^ et Willelmo de Bellocampo. Apud Wirecestriam.*
[1155-7.]
(Quasi-original'
in archives of
Calvados.)
481. Writ of Henry II. All that the monks of Troarii
buy or sell, is to be quit of toll throughout his land in
accordance with the charter of king Henry his grandfather.
Ten pounds penalty for infringement.
Testibus Theobaldo Cantuariensi archiepiscopo, et Johanna
Wigornensi episcopo. Apud Wirecestrpam].
[1167-1174.J
(Cartulary of
Troaru, fo. 7.
Liber Rubeus,
fo. \6d.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 345.)
482. Charter of Henry II, notifying that the dispute
between the abboy of Troarn and count John [of Ponthieu] has
been thus settled before him : abbot Gilbert and the convent
of the abbey have quitclaimed to count John and his lieirs
the whole manor of Remberthomme and the tithe of the forest
of Guffern, from Vinaz. And count John has granted to the
abbey the tithe of the toll of Montgomery {MonsgoTnerlci) aud
the holding of the sons of Roisa at Troarn, and all those
named in the charters of the abbey, which it has from count
Roger, count John's predecessor, in wood and plain, etc. And
the count has placed tliat abbey in his [Henry's] keeping etc.,
quit of all service etc., to him and his heirs. This agreement
between them, therefore, as made in his presence, is to have
lasting effect.
Testibus: R[otrodo] archiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; R[ogero]
archipiscopo Eboracensi ; Henrico episcopo Baiocensi ; A[rnulfo]
episcopo Lexovien si; R[icardo] episcopo Constanciensi; R[icardo]
episcopo Abrincatensi ; H[enrico] abbate Fiscanni; R[adulfo]
abbate de Monteburgo ; R[icardo] abbate Valacie ; V[ictore]
abbate Sancti Georgii de Bauchervilla ; Richardo de Humeto
constabulario ; Willelmo de Curci dapifero ; Fulcone Paenelio ;
Willelmo filio Hamonis ; Ricardo de Canvilla" ; Seihero de
Quincy. Apud Valon[ias].*
[1184-1188.] 483. Writ of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Original in archives Eouen and all his officers of Normandy. The prior of St. Alary 's,
of Calvados. Briweton and the canons regular there serving God and all
their possessions are under his protection. They are, therefore,
to guard them as his own, etc and they are not
to be impleaded for any holding in Normandy except before
himself.
Teste Willelmo clerico de camera, apud Merlebergam.
Cartulary of Troarn,
fo. 23.
MS. lat., fo. 139.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 34S.)
' Trans. : " Humetis." ^ Rectius : " Lanvalein."
3 Sic in an Inspeximus (fo. 6(/), and " Virecestriam " on fo. id, but
" Wincestriam " on fo. 1 %d of Livre rouge. , ,
* The character of the writing throws doubt on the authenticity of this writ.
Nor 13 it entered in the Cartularies. .
s Trana. : " Cauvilla," " Trans. : " Valoniam,"
172
ABBEY OF TEOAEIf.
1190, 19 June.
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. lOlrf.
MS. lat., fo. 111.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 355.)
1190.
(Cartulary of
Troain, fo. lOOd.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 354.)
434. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He confirms
to St. Martin's, Troarn and the monks there serving God the vill
and island of Reimberhome etc., with the right of presentation
to the church of St. Mary there, as given, with his assent, by
John son of William count of Ponthieu, etc.
Testibus : Willelmo de Humeto constabulario ; Ricardo de
Humeto ; Willelmo filio Radulfi senescallo Normannie ; Roberto
de H'arec[ort]i ; "Willelmo de Sancte Marie ecclesia, decano More-
tonf li]^ ; Kieardo Britone ; magistro Rogero Malchael ; "Willelmo
de Calviz ; Willelmo de Ouvilla. Datum per manum Johannis de
Alencono, Lexoviensis archidiaconi, vicecancellarii nostri, xix. die
Junii, apud Chin[onem] anno primo regni nostri.
485. Charter of John son of count William of Ponthieu,
notifying that, by consent of Richard king of the English, and
by that of his eldest son John, and his other sons Robert and
William, he gives to the abbey of St. Martin etc., the vill and
island called Raimberthome, etc. and the patronage of the
church of St. Mary, Raimberthome etc.
Hane autem donationem feci ego Johannes filius Willelmi
comitis Pontivi anno ab incarnatione Domini Moc° nonagesimo,
anno primo regni regis Anglorum Ricardi, per voluntatem ipsius,
et saisiavi de omnibus predictis Durandum abbatem Troarni etc.
ante Willelmum filium Radulfi senescallum Normannie apud
Cadomum in scacario, presentibus et libere concedentibus filiis
meis Johanne et Roberto et Willelmo. Predicti autem abbas et
monachi Troarni videntes urgentes necessitates meas dederunt
michi pro hac concessione mille et ducentas libras Andegavenses.
Testibus : Hem-ico episeopo Baiocensi ; Henrico abbate Sagiensi ;
Roberto abbate Sancti Andrea de Goufern ; Roberto archi-
diacono de Notingham ; Rogero de Arreia ; Roberto filio Bernardi
archidiacono Baiocensi ; Philippo de Croilleio ; Philippo Suhart ;
Roberto de Briecurt ; Henrico de Teilleio ; Willelmo Bacun ;
Willelmo de Augervilla ; Johanne filio Roberti de Briecort ;
Radulfo Travers ; Radulfo de Rupa ; Ricardo de Rupa ; Henrico
filio Radulfi frafcre domini Willelmi senescalli Normannie ;
Willelmo de Maigneio ; Willelmo de Calviz ; Rainaldo le Blaer ;
Willelmo de Serans ; Roberto de Riha ; Fulcone de Brovilla ;
Willelmo de Escafol ; Roberto de Corcell[is] ; Hugone Mainerio ;
Tlioma de Bottemonte et pluribus aliis.
[1206-1242.] 486. Inspeximus by J[osceline] bishop of Bath and Glaston-
(Roii in private bury, addressed to the abbots of Fdcamp and Valmont and
Trans^Voi III ^'^^ prior of Fecamp, of the following charters : —
fo. 333.)
[1142-1153.] Agreement between the canons of Briweton and Alexander
de Cantclu, by which Alexander delivers to the canons in fee-
farm for ever, to be held of him and his heirs, for two marcs
a year, all his rights in the town of Briweton, namely, the
hundred and the market and the land of the court (de la curia)
' Sic in Cartulary and MS. lat. ; " Harenc " in Trans.
? Trans. ; "Moretonic." ^ Now in argbives of the Calvados.
ABBEY OF TROAElsr. 173
[114.2-1153.]
on the terms that if, by war or by being overpowered,
Alexander is unable to warrant that land and agreement to the
canons, they shall pay him nothing until he can do so. And
they shall pursue their right as they best can. The agreement
is confirmed on both sides by pledging faith {fide interposita)
to be kept without fraud. For it the canons have given
Alexander 40 shillings, and Ranulf his son and heir a palfrey,
and his wife a gold coin. And Alexander and Eanulf bis son
and heir have offered it on the altar.
Testes sunt : Robertus de Sumery ; Robertas Luvellus ;
Alverediis Horder ; Segar de Breweham ; Anketil Milet ; Helias
nepos prioris ; Eustachius pastor ; Walterus cocus ; Robertus
Warham ; Rogerus Craba ; Wulwinus Strod, et Willelmus
frater ejus ; Willelmus Palmer ; Hugo Sochia, et Robertus
frater ejus ; Edglaf de Estrop ; Ricardus de Lisewige ; Willelmus
Talia, et multi alii.
[? 1146.] Charter of William the chamberlain de Tankarvilla ad-
dressed to Robert bishop of Bath. He grants to the canons
of Briweton their brethren the lands which Alexander de
Cantalupi has given then in alms, in accordance with his
charter, and the virgate that Theodoric de Meinnil Malgeri has
assigned to the church of Briwetone, and the wood called
Pinkewod, and all that the men of his {nostra) fee have given.
Testibus : Stephano Burdeth ; Ricardo de Tankarvilla ; Roberto
de Mortuomari, et Willelmo clerico de Tankarvilla. Apud
Tankarvillam.
[? 1146.] Charter of R[obert]^ bishop of Bath, reciting that, in the
year 1146, Alexander de Canteleugave to St. Mary's, Briwetone,
for the support of the brethren there militant for God, half a hide
and a quarter of land, of hia mherita.nce {de jure hereditario)
which Aldetha and her predecessor Laddel held in his time and
that of his father, free of all claim or service. At the request
of Alexander, he confirms this gift. May he who assists the
brethren in preserving it receive reward and life eternal at the
last judgment. Anathema on him who detracts from the gift.
He executes this charter in the chapter of Wells.
Testibus. . . . Ivone ejusdem ecclesie decano; Eustachio,
Hugone, Martino archidiaconis ; Reginaldo cantore et toto
capitulo.
[1150-1161.J Charter of T[heobald]^ archbishop of Canterbury, primate,
and legate. He confirms to the canons regular of Briwetone
the place where they serve God, with all their posses-
sions, ecclesiastical and earthly, which they rightfully and
canonically possess, or may obtain thereafter, their present
possessions being these : the church of Briwetone with all its
appurtenances, and the land which William de Moyon held in
that vill, with the men and all else that he had there, in
1 Tran.s. ; " Eicardus " in error. ^ 'jrana. : " Thomas."
174
ABBEY OF TROARN".
[1150-1161.]
accordance with his cljarfcer, the land of Briwenham also given
by him, the church of Lochesberge confirmed to them by
Robert bishop of Bath, the lands in the parish of Briwetone,
given by Alexander de Cantelu and Henry de Carevilla, a
virgate of land given by Wandrille ( Wandregisilus) de Cur-
cella, and Roger de Grantona, and two-thirds of the tithe of
Pidecumba and Dichenescova given by Geoffrey de Kari, who
also gave a virgate of land at Dichenescova and another at
Hunewica. All this he confirms to them for ever, in accordance
with the charters of the bishop of Bath and their other
benefactors.
[Giro. 1160.]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. 21.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 348.)
487. Charter of William de Moyon addressed to all his
men, French and English. For the love of God, and for the
weal of his soul and [those] of his wife and relatives, he gives
the canons of Briweton the tithe of his cuttlefish (sejnarwniy
and waters (ewianom) at Lyon in alms for evei'. And he
directs it to be paid every year without diminution.
Testibus his : God[eholda]uxore mea, et Willelmo filio meo
Roberto Bulian ; Symone Britone ; Hugone de Pontechardon ;
Balduino clerico, et multis aliis.
[1142-1160.]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. 21d.
MS. lat., fo, 136d.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 348.)
488. Charter of Guarin, chaplain of the earl of Gloucester,
addressed to Philip bishop of Bayeux and all faithful [sons] of
the church. He notifies that, for the weal of his soul and
[those] of his father and mother and relatives, he has given in
alms for ever to St. Mary's, Briweton and the canons there
serving God, and to St. Peter's, Lyon, the whole of his land at
Lyon, at the request and with the assent of Robert his brother
and heir, and by consent of his lord, William de Moyon.
Testibus : Roberto fratre meo, et Ansketillo nepote meo, et
multis aliis.
[Ci}'c. 1160.]
(Cartulary of
I'roarn, fo. 21.
MS. lat., fo. 137.
Traus. Vol. III.
fo. 347.)
489. Charter of William de Moyon addressed to Philip
bishop of Bayeux and all faithful sons of the church. He
grants, so far as in him lies, to St. Mary's, Briweton and the
canons regular there serving God, in alms for ever the church
of Lyon with all its appurtenances ; he also grants them the
land which master Guarin has given them, on condition that,
so long as he lives they shall perform to him, should he require
it, the service charged on that land, but, after his death, shall
hold it free of all demand and service.
Testibus : Willelmo filio Durandi ; Willelmo Britone ; Hugone
de Pontecarde^ ; Roberto Bulione ; Roberto de Lyon ; Symone
Britone ; Willelmo de Chetenora ; [Ricardo de Lancheha^] ;
Radulfo de Piro ; Radulfo Danesia* ; Willelmo Notho ; Hugone
Norreis^ ; Alexandro de Badealtona, et aliis multis.
' Sic in Cartulary. The editor has the high authority of M. Paul Meyer for
so rendering the -word. It may be observed, however, that the phrase " Bepiarum
de batellis " occurs infra in a charter of the Abbey of La Luzerne. The context,
in both oases, would seem to favour some net, or engine of fishery, rather than a
species of fish.
^ lieotius : " Pontccardon." ' Omitted in Transcript.
* " De Aniseio '" in Transcript. ' " Norueis " in Transcript.
ABBEY OF TROAE]!f.
175
[Giro. 1160.]
(Cartulary of
Troarii, fo. 21.
MS. lat., fo. 137.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 347.)
490. Charter of William de Moion addressed to all his
men, present and future, notifjdng that, for the love of God,
and for the weal of his soul and [those] of his father and his
men, he grants the church of Lyon, etc. uf siupra.
Same witnesses.
[1163-4.] 491. Writ of Henty II. addressed to R[otrou] bishop
(Original in archives of Evreux and R[eginald] de Sancto Walerico. The canons of
Briweton are to hold their church of Lion with all its appur-
tenances and especially those 12 acres that Hubert de Perrepont
gave as well, etc. as when he last crossed the sea, and in accord-
jince with the charters of Hubert aud of William de Moyon.
And they are not to suffer anyone to wrong them therein, for
all their possessions are under his protection.
Teste Ricardo Pict[aviensi] archidiacano^ apud Wigorniam.
of Calvados.
Cartulary of
Troaru, fo. 22d.
MS. lat., fo. 138rf.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 344.)
[1156-1175.] 492.
(Original in archives officers
of Calvados.
Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. 22d.
MS. lat., fo. 138</.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 344.)
[N. D.]
(Cartulary of
Troaru, fo. SOcf.
MS. lat., fo. 137.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 346.)
Writ of Henry II. addressed to the vicomte and all
of the Hiesmois (de ReiesTno^). The priory (ecclesia)
[1142-1164.]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. 21d.
MS. lat., fo. 137d.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 349.)
of Briweton and the canons there serving God and all their
possessions are under his protection. They are to hold them in
peace, especially the church of Lion, with its tithes and all
other appurtenances, and if anyone wrongs them therein, his
officers are to do them full justice without delay. Unless they
do, his justice of Normandy is to do so.
Teste Ricardo de Lucy, apud Pictav[um].
493. Charter of William de Moyon addressed to all his men,
French and English. He grants to his canons of Briweton for
the weal of his soul and [those] of all his relatives [and] friends,
the gifts which William de Moyon his father made them of the
church of Lyon with all its appurtenances, and especially the
lands which master Warin and Hubert the dapifer gave them
in alms ; and whatever other lands they possess in the vill of
Lyon he grants to them free [of claim]. He also grants them
the same liberty and dues from (m) their mea on sea and land,
in harbour in boats (levibus),^ in fish, as he has from (jin) his
own men in the vill of Lyon.
His testibus : Gaufrido de Moyon ; Rogero de Evreceio' ;
Riolfo de Hermanvilla; Radulfo do PIumet[ot], Willelmo de
Pontchardon ; Ricardo clerico ; Osberto Blancagnel ; Willelmo
de Lyon® ; Willelmo Benart ; Thoma de Behee ; Ricardo de
Moyon ; Roberto filio*^ Ricardi ; Henrico Corbet ; Henrico de
Aule, et pluribus aliis.
494. Charter of Richard de Moyon, clerk, addressed to
Philip bishop of Bayeux and all the clergy of that church. He
has given to St. Mary's, Briweton and the canons regular there
serving (militantibus) God, and offered on the altar of the
Blessed Virgin as a possession for ever, a moiety of the church
' " Arohidiacono " omitted in Transcript. ' " Eeisino " in MS. lat.
Sic in Trana. j " batellis" in MS. lat. ; " leuibus " or " lenibus " in Cartulary.
■• " Keverecie " in MS. lat., aud, seemingly, in Cartulary.
? Sec iu Cartulary J " Moyon " in MS. lat. " "
' Omitted in MS. lat.
176
ABBEY OF TROARN.
[1142-1164.]
of Lyon, which he obtained by gift of Philip bishop of Bayeux,
William the chaplain, who then possessed the whole of tliat
church, consenting to it etc He therefore humbly
implores the bishop to invest the canons with what belonged to
him.
Testibus Stephano canoaico de Tantona, et
Eoberco de Meretona, Johanne et Willelmo sacerdotibus ;
Willelmo clerico, et Gaufrido de Kari, et aliis multis.
[1142-1164.]
(Cartulary of
Troam, fo 21d.
MS. lat., fo. 137f/.
Trans. Tol. III.
fo. 348.)
[1151-1164.]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. 22.
MS. lat., fo. 137d.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 349.)
[Girc. 1170.]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. 22.
MS. lat, fo. 138.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 352.)
495. Letter of Eobert bishop of Bath addressed to his
worshipful and most beloved brother Philip bishop of Bayeux
and to all the chapter. His dear son liichard de Moyon, clerk,
has acknowledged in his presence that he has given absolutely
in alms for ever to St. Mary's, Briwetou and the canons
regular there serving God all his rights in the church of Lyon
and his tithe at Maisuns. He humbly implores him, therefore,
at Richard's entreaty, to invest those canons with that tithe
because as yet they have not enjoj^ed the endowment.
496. Charter of Philip bishop of Bayeux granting to his
dear sons William the prior and the canons regular of Briweton,
lest dispute should arise in future, a moiety of the church of
Lyon, which Richard the clerk, son of William de Moyon, some-
time possessed, as granted by Richard himself, [together] with
the other moiety which they possessed of his own gift ; and thus
he confirms to them the whole church of Lyon as a possession
for ever.
Test[ibus]^ : Willelmo decano ; Herberto cantore ; Hunfrido
archicapellano ; Thoma archidiaeono ; Patricio archidiacono ;
Roberto subdecano ; Ricardo succentore ; Willelmo custode, et
multis aliis canonicis de capitulo Baiocensi.
497. Charter ,of Henry bishop of Bayeux, notifying that
Richard de Moyon has resigned into his hands the tithes which
he said he possessed wrongfully, since they belonged to the
church of Lion, namely the tithes of the demesne of the lord of
Maisons, and, at his request, the bishop restores them to the
church of Lion to be held in peace as it held them of old.
Testibus his (sicy : RanuH'us archicapellanus ; Henricus
precentor ; Jocelinus, Godardus capellani ; Galfridus sacerdos de
Doura ; Thomas clericus, et alii.
[1164-1205.]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. 22,
MS. lat., fo. 138.
Triins. Vol. III.
fo. 352.)
498. Charter of Henry bishop of Bayeux recalling to
memory the gift by his predecessor Philip of the church of
Briweton, etc. to the brethren of Briweton. He appoints that
the bishop's aid, exacted [every] third year, shall not exceed
10 shillings in money of Le Mans, nor shall more be demanded
of them for " circata '" and synodal payments than they gave in
his predecessors' time.
' Trans. : " Teste " ; iu Cartulary and MS. lat. : "Test."
lu Cartulary and in MS. lat. ; "Kanulf[o] arcliicapell[ano]," etc.
ABBEY OF TROARN.
177
[1164-1205.]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. Z'2d.
MS. lat., fo. ISSd.
Trails. Vol. III.
fo. 353.)
499. Charter of Henry bishop of Bayeux ratifying the
agreement between the canons of Brutoii (Broetonia) and the
priest of Plumetot as to two sestiers of wheat and four capons
of annual rent from 16 aores of Jand, the tithe of which was
held in common by the churches of Lion and of Plumetot, as it
was made in tlie chapter of Bayeux and recited in the canons'
charter; namely, that the priest of Plumetot releases to the
church of Lyon and the canons of Briweton all his moiety of
that tithe, and the priest and a certain clerk on behalf of the
canons have sworn that this agreement shall not be disturbed.
Testes interfuerunt : Robertus subdecanns; Hunfridus Bos;
Thomas archidiaconus ; Radulfus avunculu.s episcopi ; Willelmus
de Crisetot ; Radulfus de Pereriis ; Ricardns de Croileio, et
Ricardus de Ros canonici, et Gislebertus de Chevreceio qui
dominus erat fundi in predicta compositione nominati ; etiara'^
Radulfus et Rogerus nepotes Gisleberti, et Balduinus clericus
et Willelmus de Moyon, et Humfredus de Pereis.^
[Circ. 1150.]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo". 23.
MS. lat., fo. 139.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 350.)
500. Charter of William de Chevreci^ notifying his gift to
the priory of St. Mary of Briweton and the canons regular
there serving God of two acres of his demesne, where the chapel
of St. James stands, at Crisselon and two [out of three tithe]
sheaves there from his knight's fee (feudo lorice), for the weal
of his soul and [those] of his wife, predecessors and sons.
Testes : . . . . Rogerus et Radulfus et Robertus, milites,
nepotes mei ; Willelmus de Waravilla ; Iwanus* de Moyon ;
Radulfus de Piro ; Robertus Flamenc ; Fulco ; Unfridus ;
Johannes Rufus, et multis aliis (sic).
[Oirc. 1150.]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. 23,
MS. lat.,fo. lS9d.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 350.)
501. Charter of William de Chevreio,^ notifying his gift
to the priory etc. and to St. Peter of Lyon, for the weal of
his soul and [those] of Ids relatives two manses of land
(fmansiones terre) at Lyon, held of him by Samson the priest,
and an acre of his demesne at Crisselon, both of them free from
all secular service.
Testibus : Radulfo de Plumetot ; Sanson Caluz ; Alberto
presbitero ; Osmond o fratre Dionisii, et pluribus aliis.
[1142-1164]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. 26.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 351.)
502. Charter of Philip, bishop of Bayeux, notifying that
William de Cheverci has resigned into his hands two-thirds of
his tithe at Crisselon, which he had kept back. At his request
and by his consent (concessione), the bishop has given it to
St. Mary's, Briweton in alms for ever ; he also confirms to
that priory six acres of land that Richard Caluz gave it at his
death. Blessings on those who keep and curses on those who
dare to violate this ordinance.®
' " et " in Cartulary and MS. lat.
^ " Cheverci " in MS. lat. ; " Chevreceio
' "Iwanus " in MS. lat., and, seemingly, in Cartulary;
* Cart. : "hec scatura."
" Perers " in MS. lat.
' in Transcript.
" Ilbanus " in Transcript.
e 92681.
M
178
ABBEY OP TEOAEN.
[N. D.]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. 23d.
MS. lat. 10,086,
fo. 139d.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 350.)
503. Charter of William Cornardus giving, with the assent
and by the wish of Matilldis his wife and his heirs, in frank-
almoin for ever, to St. Mary's, Briweton and the canons
there serving God, for the weal of his soul, half an acre of land
from his demesne at Crisselon, in the day-work (dieta) called
cidtv/rate, next the half acre that Martin's man holds in fee.
He makes this gift to the abbey (sic) on condition that the
canons, at their own cost provide and keep fonts (fontes) in
the chapel of Crisselon. And, for his warranty {guarantagio)
the canons have given him, of the charity of their house,
twenty seven shillings in money of Tours.
Hiis testibus; Willelmo et Roberto capellanis; Ricardo de
Mevenni; Radulfo clerico; Guillelmo et Thoma et Ricardo
clericis ; Philippo de Macheay ; Ricardo Blangevini ; Ricardo
filio Fulconis; Ricardo Bigud; Sanson filio Guillelmi et alii
(sic).
[? 1177-1194.] 504. Letter of William de Moyon to H. (sicf bishop of
(Original in archives Coutances, notifying that for the love of God, and the weal of
_. T ^r ^^^ 5o\i\^ and those of all his relatives and friends, he gives his
canons of Briweton the churches of Moyon and- Taissy with
all their appiui;enances, so far as he is concerned, to hold after
the decease of his brother Thomas. He therefore implores the
bishop, to invest the said canons with those churches, as it is
his to do, etc.
505. Charter of William de Moyon addressed to aU his men
French and English. He grants to the canons of Briweton all
rights in churches and in ecclesiastical endowments throughout
his land in England and Normandy after (jplpsf^f the decease
of Thomas his brother, in frank almoin for ever, for the weal
of his soul and those of his predecessors and successors ; namely,
in the churches of Moyon, Taissy, and Beaucodrai, and in the
chapel of DeodviUa, with all their appurtenances and in the
rent from Maisuns, which Richard de Moyon held and in the
churches of Brinkelai and Manehafd[e]* and the chapel of
Toteberga.
His testibus : Roberto filio Ricardi ; Matheo de Pin ;
Ricardo clerico ; Herkenbaldo capellano ; Waltero clerico ;
Willelmo de Locumba ; Henrico de Aide* ; Willelmo ; Rogero
portario, et pluribus aliis.
1184, 10 April. 506. Charter of William [bishop] elect of Coutances, notify-
(MS. lat. fo. 216.) ing that, on the presentation of William son of John, he
' It would seem, from the ■witnesses to the next charter, which was granted
presumably about the same time, that the writer was a William de Moyon who died
before Hugh [de Morville] became bishop of Coutances. As, in the original, the
initial " H " is a subsequent insertion, it seems probable that the letter was
retained by the canons till the grant became operative, and then despatched to the
bishop who, at that time, was Hugh. By him and the chapter the grant was
confirmed to the canons [Original in archives of La Manehe ; Trans. Vol III. fo.
346], and William de Moyon's charter (No. 504) "inspected" in March " 1221 "
[MS. lat. 10,086, fo. 226].
2 Trans. : " prius." ^ Trans. : " Manehasd' " in error.
* Trans. ; " Haule."
of La Manehe ;
Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. 27d.
MS. lat., to. 226.
Trans. Vol. HI.
fo. 368.)
[? 1177-1194.]
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo'. 27.
MS. lat., fo. 225(i.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 346.)
ABBEY OF TROARN. 179
1184.
has instituted Roger the priest as parson of the church of
Magnevilla.'^
Actum est hoc anno ab incarnatione Domini MoCLXXXiiiio,
iiijo id. Aprilis, apud Constancias, presentibus Ricardo de Poil-
[leyo] archidiacono ; Johanne capellano; Patricio de Lerver'
presbitero ; Roberto de Colewast ; Gaufrido de burgo Acardi
et pluribus aliis.
[1184.J 507. Charter of William son of John de Muleres, notifying
(MS.iat., fo. 215.) that he gives, for the love of God, in alms for ever, to the
church of St, Mary, Breuton and the canons there serving
God, all his rights in the church of St. Mary, Mande villa.
His testibus : Rogero sacerdote ; Johanne sacerdote ; Radulfo
elerico ; Ricardo filio Johannis ; Hunfrido filio Johannis ;
Roberto elemosinario ; Nicolao de Rosello.
1184, 22 May. 508. Charter of William, bishop elect of Coutances, reciting
(Original in that Wiliiam son of John, laudably anxious for the weal of his
■ftans! Vo^^Ili ^°^' ^^ assigned to the house of St. Mary, Briwiton his
fo. 353.2) right of patronage in the church of St. Mary, Magnavilla,
wishing to. devote it to sacred uses. He has resigned it into
the hands of the bishop, who, with his willing consent, has
assigned it to the canons of that house for ever.
Actum est hoc anno verbi incarnati MOCOLXXXoiiii" apud
Constancias xj. kal. Junii, presentibus : Rogero abbate sancti
Salvatoris ; Ricardo de Poil[leio] archidiacono ; Willelmo filio
Tecelini, et pluribus aliis.
[1184.] 509. Charter of WiUiam son of Jobn de Weston notifying
(MS. lat., fo. 215.) the above gift and that of 14 sestiers of wheat from the revenue
of his land at Siccavilla, which land he has granted to Wimund
" bonus satis " and Richard his " nepos " and their heirs before
William son of Ralf, then the king's justice (justicia) in Nor-
mandy, to be held of the said priory (ecclesie) and its canons on
the terms of paying them annually, for ever the said 14 sestiers
of wheat in the month of Sep4ember. And for this they have
pledged their faith (fidelitatem fecerunt) to the canons, and
they have sworn to pay the said rent in the chapel of St.
George the martyr, at Caen, before the justices then holding
the exchequer {tunc scacariwn tenentibus). He further gives
land at Sortenvilla and the chapel of Ste. Regouefe ut infra.
His testibus : Willelmo filio Radulfi justicia Normannie ;
Herberto de Argento[mo] ; Rogero de Arri ; Roberto de Curli ;
Roberto almonario; Ricardo filio Johannis, et Unfredo filio
Johannis ; Randulfo Russello ; Alb[er]to capellano de Lyons ;
' To this section, relating to the Pierreville endowment, the heading on fo. 215
of the MS. lat. is : " Willelmus Alius Johannis de Muleres alias de Westona
" d«dit ecclesiam Sancte Marie de Mandevilla alias Pelrivilla priori et canonicis de
" Briwetona."
2 This charter is entered on fo. 216 of the MS. lat., but the bishop is not there
Sityled " elect," and the witnesses' names are not given (" presentibus multis ").
M 2
180
ABBEY OF TEOAEN.
[1184.]
Radulfo cleiico; Eoberto filio Rannulfi; Hugone filio God-
[ ]; Wiuiundo de Craucumba; Ricardo Brun ; Willelmo ;
Gaif ; Gervasiode Sparkeford ; Radulfo de Hechton[e]; Nichoko
de Rusello ; Willelmo Cainel ; Pctro clerico de Mandevilla, et
multis aliis.
[1184.] 510. [Letter of] William son of John de Weaton addressed
(MS. lat., fo. 215(/.) to Henry II. Inspired by God, he grants to the canons of
BrJweton the church of Mannevilla with all its appurtenances
for the weal of his soul and of his body, and for his weal and
that of his friends, in frank alinoine for ever, and the chapel of
Ste. Regouefe the virgin, and one vavassor's holding of land, in
Sortenvilla and all his demesne there, namely the land on which
is the vineyard ; and one " bordagium " and 14 sestiers of wheat
at Siccavilla. He implores, thei-efore, his majesty, on bended
knees, relying on his innate clemency, to confirm and protect the
above endowment for the love of God and the sake of religion.
[1184.]
(Cartulary of
Troavn, fo. 33d.
MS. lat., fo. 222.
Tiaiis. Vol. III.
fo. 356.)
1184.
(Cartulary of
Troarn, fo. SQcl.
MS. lat., to. 222^.
Traus. Vol. III.
fo. 357.)
[?1192.]
(Cartulary of
Troaru, fo. 39.
MS. lat. fo. 223.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 358.)
1191, 4 Dec.
511. Charter of William son of John [de Muleres^] notifying
his gift to St. Mary's, Briweton, and the canons there serving
God, of his chapel of Ste. Regouefe oF Sortenvilla with all its
appurtenancei and all his demesne of Sortenvilla, namely the
land which was vineyard, and a " bordagium " which Caius
held, and the holding of a vavassor which Robert the priest
(sacerdos) and Thomas the priest son of Ralf the priest held ;
and the canons of Briweton are to celebrate divine service in
that chapel and to make provision for the honourable maintenance
of the offices of the church there.
His testibus : Rogero capellano ; Johanne capellano ; Radulfo
sacerdote ; Radulfo clerico ; Ricardo filio Johannis^ ; Roberto
elemosinario ; Willelmo Cainel ; Willelmo Gaif '^ ; Ricardo Bru' ;
Gervasio de Spacheforda.*
512. Notification by William bishop of Coutances that
^illiam son of John has made the above grant of the chapel
of Ste. Regouefe, and resigned its patronage into his hands. He
now confirms it to the canons of Briweton.
Actum est lioc anno verbi incarnati M°c°LXXXiiii.* apud
Constantias.
513. Notification by Henry bishop of Bayeux, William
bishop of Coutances, and Bernard abbot of La Val {de Valle)
that they have received a mandate of Celestine III.; as
follows : —
Mandate of Celestine III. addressed to the above, reciting that
the prior and brethren of Briweton have complained to him,
that when they had obtained canonically, and for some time
' Omitted in Transcript.
- " Humfrido filio Johannis " inserted here in MS. lat.
3 Sic in Cartulary and MS. lat. ; " Gaif," omitted in Trans.
•> " Sparcheforda " in MS. lat.
'' Sic in Cartulary and MS. lat. ; Trans, -. " m''c" nonagesimo tertio " (1193).
ABBEY OF TEOAEN.
181
[1191.]
1200.
(Original in private
hands ; three seals,
hroken.
MS. lat., fo. 222d.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 359.)
[N. D.]
(Cartulary of
Troara, fo. 40.
MS. lat., fo. 224.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 357.)
possessed in pea^e the chapel of Ste. Regouefe, and a vavassour's
holding, they were wrongfully and unlawfully despoiled thereof.
They are therefore to compel those who detain the said chapel
- and holding to appear before them and do justice to the
brethren.
Datum Laterani ii. non. (sic) Decembris pontificatus nostri
anno primo.
They have accordingly summoned to their presence Nicolas
who professed (gerebat) himself to be parson of that ciiapel,
and Robert the priest who ministered theie as a vicar etc. . .
. . As neither Robert, nor anyone for him put in an appear-
ance, they decrceJ that the jiroctor of the canoiis should be
placed in possession of the fee they claimed and of the chapel,
saving in all things the possession of Nicolas, etc. Subsequently
on the day appointed for Nicolas to produce his witnesses,
he neither came nor sent anyone to make answer for him.
And when the evidence laid before them by the canons' proctor
had fully prov; d to them that the chapel was the right of the
canons, they called together prudent and honourable men and,
after weighing the matter, adjudged the chapel to the canons
and their proctor by authority of the Pope committed to them,
enjoining on Nicolas silence for ever as to his rights or his
possession.
514. Notification by William bishop of Coutances and the
chapter that tbe dispute between master Nicolas parson of the
church of St. Peter, Surteavilla, in the name of that church,
on the one part, and the prior and canons of St. Mary's,
Briweton, on the otlier, concerning the chapel of Ste. Regouefe,
has been thus settled in his presence. The said Nicolas will
raise no complaint hencefoi'ward against the said canons, or
anyone in possession through them, as to that chapel or its
offeiings, but will allow thcin to dispose of it as they will
without any opposition from iiim am] his successors. And the
canons, for lasting peace, will pay a marc of silver annually to
Nicolas and to each of his successors, rector, for the time being,
of Surten villa, half on January 1, and half on July 1, at
Pierreville. And Nicolas for himself and the church of
Surtenvilla, and William canon of St. Mary's, Breweton, at
the bidding of G[ilbert] its prior, on belialf of that house, have
sworn their corporal oath before him to observe this agreement.
Actum apud Constancias anno gracie M°CC°
515. Notification by William bishop of Coutances that he
has never granted any right to Richard de Pol[leio] his arch-
deacon or master Richard Hairon his clerk in t!ie chapel of
Ste. Regouefe and, that neither of them has ever been presented
to that chapel, either by the canons of Briweton, who are its
patrons, or by anyone else, as they have themselves confessed
in his presence. He notifies this, lest from ambition, or from
evil suggestion by anyone, both or either of them should claim
any rights in that chapel against the canons of Briweton.
182
ABBEY OF ST. MARY, ARDENNES,
FOR PREMONSTRATENSIAN CANONS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP BAYEUX.
[Original Documents, Copies, and Cartulary in Archives of
the Calvados.]
[1152-4.J 516. Writ of Henry duke of the Normans and of Aquitaine
(Cartulary and count of the Angevins addressed to Eobert son of Bem[ard]
H iiT^^fo'ss^'d") ^^^ *^® ™®^ °^ Caen. They are to cause the prior of Ardennes
' ' ' to hold (faciatis tenere) his house at Caen etc. And if any-
thing has been taken thence it is to be restored. And if they
do not do [this], let William son of John do [it], that he may
no more hear complaint.
Teste Eicardo de Hummez constabulario. Apud Cadomum.
t].76. 517. Charter of Philippa, daughter of Hugh de Eosello
(Original formerly giving to God and the abbey of St. Mary of Ardennes and the
in archives.') canons there serving God, for the weal of her soul and those
of her father and mother and predecessors, quit of all demands
10^ acres of her own demesne at Grouchy (Groceium), etc. which
gift she offers by a book on the altar of St. Mary, in the pre-
sence of the convent and of many others. And for this endow-
ment, the canons have admitted her and her predecessors to
the benefits of their prayers and those of their order and have
granted her free sepulture among themselves by her desire, at
her death. Moreover, of the substance of their church, they
have acquitted her, at the king's exchequer, of 30 pounds
• of Anjou, which she owed the king, and have given her 100
shillings of Anjou.
1 This charter, of great importance for the personnel of the Norman exchequer
in 1176, appears to he no longer preseryed among the archives of the Calvados. It
is here given from the text in Mr. Wiffen's House of Russell (1833) which contains
an engraving of the " sigillum Phillippe de Eosello " then appendant to it. There are
fortunately still preserved in the liaSse H. 322, two charters reciting this one, and
explaining that " postea autem primo anno Johannis regis Anglic cum efsem
vidua in plenis placitis domini regis, et ad scaccarium ejus,"
Philippa renewed this grant, which had heen questioned. There is also in these
archives a charter of Kanulf earl of Chester confirming Philippa's grant, its seal, on
a parchment tag, displaying a lion passant.
ABBEY OF ST. MARY, ARDENNES.
183
1176.
1190,
27 March.
(Collated copy of
Vidimus in
archives, H. 573,
also Great Cartulary,
H. 117, fo. 2Sld,
and collated copy
from the
Great Cartulary in
H. 468.)
Actum est autem hoc publice in aula regis, in castello
Cadomi, coram judicibus regis ad scacarium sedentibus, anno
ab incarnatione Domini MOLXXVio. Super hoc autem testes sunt
Dominus Ricardus Wintoniensis episcopus, qui tunc temporis
erat capitalis justicia ; Gislebertus Pipart ; Ricardus Giphart ;
Simon de Tornebu ; Gaufridus monachus ; Ranuulfus de
Grantval ; Simon de Scuris ; Robertus Belet ; Willelmus de
Caliz ; Eogerus de Scuris ; Willermus Torstin, et alii plures.
518. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He gives
and grants to St. Mary of Ardennes and its canons all his land
at Noyeres etc. namely, Tesnieres {Taisnerias).
Testibus : Waltero Rothomagensi archiepiscopo ; Willelmo
filio Radulfi senescallo Normannie ; Roberto de Harcourt ;
Willelmo de Sancte Marie ecclesia decano Moret[onii] ; Will-
elmo de Sanceio. Data apud Liona (sic) per manum Willelmi
Elyensis episcopi, cancellarii nostri, vigesimo septimo die
Martii anno primo regni nostri.
[1190], 7 April. 519. Charter of Richard I., quit-claiming his canons of
(Original in Ardennes of all toll and passage ruioneyl etc. on their own
archives, H. 2.) ^^^^^^y_
Teste Willelmo de Sancto Johanne vij. die Aprilis, Apud
Danfront.
[1190], 8 April.
(Original in
archives, H. 2.)
520. Charter of Richard I. taking under his protection the
abbey of Ardennes and its canons and all their officers and
property. No one is to do them wrong ; nor are they to be
impleaded from the day he shall have started on crusade (iter
peregrmationis) till the day he returns therefrom.
Teste Willelmo de Humeto constabulario. Apud Danfront.
184
ABBEY OF ST. MARY, AUNAY,
FOR CISTERCIAN MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP BAYEUX.
[Original Documents in Archives of the Calvados, La
Manche, and the Orne}]
1136. 521. Notification [dated] that Gerburgis mother of William
(Original in archives Goidus of Aspres and all her sons, the said Goidus, Richard
"s *b^™n *'^® deacon, Gilbert, Payn, and Walter, have given Vivian
Trans. Vol. 111. abbot of Aunay and his brethren certain land [specified] ; that
fo. 316.) William de Aspris, "dapifer " of Laigle, has also done so ; and
that Richer lord of Laigle (de Aquila) confirms these gifts,
■with freedom from toll and all secular lordship throughout his
land.
Horum munerum testes sunt : Gaufridus abbas de Savigneio,
et Guillelmus sacerdos de Gloz ; Anschitillus de Redeo ;
Guillelmus de Fontenillo : Paganus Guastinel[lus], et Guillelmus
Guastinellus.
1151. 522, Charter of Gilbert de Saieo, dated 1151. He gives
(Original in the abbey (ecclesie) of the Holy Trinity and St. Mary of Aunay
^^'^SealVroken.'""'' i-^lnetum) and the monks there serving God all his land at
■I'rans. Vol. I. fo! 5.) Vendes (Venneiis) which he held as liis own, and the tenants,
for the weal of his soul [and those] of his father and mother
and his brother Enguerrand and Geoffrey de Marigneio and
all his friends. This he does in his castle of Marigny.
His hominibus testantibus : Roscelino capellano : Guillelmo
de Vilers ; Gilberto Oisom ; Gaufrido de Saieo nepote suo ;
Maugerio Maucovenant ; Guillelmo de Tot.
[Signa] Gilleberti de Saieo ; Gaufridi nepotL's sui ; Maugerii
Maucovenant ; Jordani de Maisnileio.
[1152-4.] 523. Writ of Henry, duke of the Normans and cf Aqui-
(Originai, formerly taiup, and count of the Angevins,* addressed to P' de Sai.
'^ofLk Manche?' ^° ^^ *° ^^"®® ^^^^ ^^^°^ °^ Aunay {Alneto) to have possession
H. 20.) ' of the churches of Cenilly (Senillero) as he has proved his
' Several now missing. 2 j^^ longer there now.
^ Now archives of the Calvados, H. 1201.
■* " Henii II., due de Normandie," in Invcntaire Sommaire.
" Omitted in Inventaire Sommaire.
ABBEY OF ST. MARY, AU NAY. 185
[1152-4.]
right (sicut disratiocinavit) to them in his [Henry's] court at
Kouen ; and whatever William de Bruilleio has taken thence
is to be restored. If he does not do this, Richard de Haia is to
do it (illud faciat) without delay.
Teste Ricardo de Humeto constabulario, per Rog[erum]
archid[iaconum]. Apud Cadomum.
[? 1156, Feb.] 524. Writ of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Original in archives Rouen and all his officers of Normandy. The abbot and monks
" *H 6^9 ' of Aunay are to enjoy all their holdings and endowments, in
Trans. Vol. I. fo. 7.) lands, tithes, mills and all else in peace etc., because they and
all their possessions are under his protection.
Teste Ricardo de Humeto, apud Chinonem in exercitu.
[1157.] 525. Charter of Henry II. addressed 'generally. He con-
CTwo collated copies firms (concessisse) to the abbey (ecclesie) of the Holy Trinity
"L^rchives^o? '^^^ ^^- Mary of Aunay, and the monks there, all the gifts
LaMauche, II. 1.) that have been made to them etc In Ei\gland, tlie
church of Curtintona ; and at Bemecestria the tithe of the
demesne, and the chapel of Gyula, with the tithes of the
demesne of the gift of Robert de Mattonio, etc and
of the gift of Richard de Humeto and Agnes his wife the
church of Remilly (Rumilleio) and those of Essemby and
Limberga etc. . .
Testibus : Nigello Elyensi episcopo, et Hilario Cic^strensi
episcopo, et comite Reginaldo, et Roberto de Novo Burgo, et
Ricardo de Humeto constabulario, et Mannessero Biset dapifero.
Apud Damfrontem.
[Circ. 1180.] 526. Charter of Henry II similar to the preceding.
(Original in archives Testibus : Gaufrido filio meo ; Stephano de Turon[is] senescallo
ofLaManche, Andegavie ; Alvredo de Sancto Martino ; Gisleberto Pipart ;
Roberto de Briuecurt; Gerardo de Can villa; Radulf'o de
Fougeriis ; Radulfo Tesson ; Nigello de Moret[onio^]. Apud
Moreton[ium].
[Girc. 1160.] 527. Charter of Richard de Humeto constable of the king
(Parchment copy of England. He gives to the abbey of Aunay (Alneto) and the
of'La Manche brethren there dwelling the church of Marigny (Marigneio)
u. 47.2) ' at the prayer and by the permission (concessu) of the lady
Lucy de Alneto and of his wife Agnes and his son William.
"Testibus : Guillelmo de Humeto, et Rogero Suart, et
Radulfo de Maisnil, et Pagaiio de Cardonvilla ; Roberto
capellano cognomine Daco ; Gaufrido clerico Malovenant ;
P'etro de Buris : Guillelmo Carbonnel et multis aliis.
' These names are somewhat corrupt in the MS.
" In the same liasse is the original confirmation of this charter by Richard bishop
of Coutances, in favout of Vivian abbot of Aunay, at the prayer of Richard, Agnes
his wife, and William, Ingelram, and Jordan his sons.
186 ABBEY OF ST. MAEY, AUNAY.
[1158-1164.] 528. Charter of William Derlie, chamberlain, and Ascira
(Original in archives his wife, granting to Robert de Jovigneio and, his heirs all the
Sell broken.''' ^^nd that belonged to Half de Insula which they had or ought
Trans. Vol. L fo. 6.) to have in England and Normandy. For making this grant
king Henry has given him, with Ascira 120 pounds sterling
and 100 shillings of his own money {de suis denariis). For
this sum, he and his wife have abjured {extrajuravimus) that
land in favour of Robert de Jovigneio and his heirs.
Testibus his : Rogero Eboracensi archiepiscopo ; Rotrou Ebroi-
censi,^ Arnulfo Lexoviensi episcopis ; Willelmo Arondel, Hugone
comitibus ; Ricardo de Luci ; Henrico camerario ; Hugone de
Gonnevilla; Willelmo de Belloeampo; Hugone de Piris;
Willelmo Malet; Willelmo de Breosa. Per manum Stephani
capellani. Apud Pedestram.
[1216-1231. J 529. Letters patent of R[obert] bishop (antistes) of Bayeux
(Original in arehiyes and H[ugh] bishop of Coutances addressed to Henry III.
° H. 66™ °'' They wish him health, prosperity, and peace, and humbly
Fine seal of one of intimate to his majesty {regali celsitudini) that they have
the bishops on inspected a sealed charter of his grandfather Henry, the
pare men ag.) glorious king of the English {Angl') as follows : —
[1170-1180.] Writ of Henry II. addressed to all his officers of his
land and seaports. The monks of Aunay are to be free of toll
and passage-money, etc. on all their own property, and no one
is to trouble them therein.
Testibus : Ricardo de Humeto constabulario ; Mauricio de
Croun ; Seero de Quinci. Apud Wudest[ocam].
[1173-4.] 530. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He gives
(Original in archives and grants to his Constable, Richard de Humeto and his heirs
*'^*'h. 6^69.'^ °^' ^^^ ^^® service, Stanfort with all appurtenances of the castle
Trans. Vol. I. fo. 6.) and borough except the service of the abbot of Peterborough
and of William de Lanvall[ei*]. He also gives Ketene and
Dudinton with their appurtenances, and, of the fee of earl
GifFard, Risemberga and Siringeham^ with their appurtenances ;
and in Normandy, Meysi with all its appurtenances and the
haie of La Luteniera with its appurtenances, to be held by him
and his heirs, of the king and his heirs, in fee and inheritance.
Testibus : Rotrou (sic) archiepiscopo Rothomageiisi ; Henrico
episcopo Baiocensi ; Arnulfo^ Lexoviensi episcopo ; Frogero
Sagiensi episcopo ; R[icardo] electo Winton[iensi] ; Johanne
decano [Saresberiensi] ; Willelmo de Curci dapifero ; Jordano
Taissun ; Fulcone Paenello ; Johanne de Solineio ; Roberto
Bertram ; Hugone de Gund[evilla] ; Ricardo filio comitis ;
Hugone de Cressy; Roberto de Stutevilla^ ;, Roberto Briton.
Apud Cadomum.
' Not there now.
^ Counterseal stated to bear mark of [grantor's] teeth. ' Trans. : " Eburon."
" Trans, : " Sauval." ' Trans. : " Sirmgeham."
" Trans. ; " Arnoldo." 7 Trans. : <' Stuton."
ABBEY OF ST, MAEY, AUNAY. 187
[Girc. 1178.] 531. Charter of Bertr&m (Bertrannus) de Verdun, granting
n>A (.^^^jsinal in ^ to the abbey of Aunay and the monks there serving God, for
Sesa'[drawW]" *^® "^^^^ °^ ^^® ®°^^ ^"*^ [those] of his predecessors and sueces-
Trans. Vol. I. fo. 8.) sors, the church of Limberga, with all its appurtenances, lands,
tithes, and all other endowments (elemosine) free from all
demands or service, and. reciting how the grant was made,
namely, that Richard de Humeto had given him, for his service,
half the vill of Limberga, with the presentation to the church,
and that, afterwards, at the request of Richard, he resigned into
his hands the right of presentation to the church, which Richard
gave the monks, he himself joining in the gift, in the presence of
king Henry, on condition that two monks should always be
received into the abbey who should specially celebrate divine
service, for the weal of his soul and that of his father.
[Testes] : Willelmus de Humeto ; Engueramus de Humeto ;
Jordanus Taisson ; Johannes de Soligneio ; Willelmus de Solers ;
Nicholaus de Venoes^ ; Gualterius de Cardon villa ; Robertus de
Manerio ; Willelmus de SimiUeio.
[Girc. 1180.] 532. Charter of Henry IT. addressed generally. He grants
(Original in archives to WUliam de Humeto the oflSce of [royal] constable, which his
H "ees'^S^arbfoken. *^*^^'' Richard de Humeto, held of him, to be held in fee and
See also Cart. inheritance of him and his heirs. He also grants to William
Ant. DD. 1, 2. what he granted and gave to his said father, in fee and
Trans. Vol. I. fo. 8.) inheritance for his service, namely Standfort with all the
appurtenances of the castle and borough held there by the king.
And he further gives him Ketene with its appurtenances and
Dudinton and, of Giffard's fee, Risemberga and Suringeh[am]
and the land of Vaddone and of Vinchendone in Norfolk ; and,
in Normandy, Meisy and the haie of La Luteniere, etc. . . .
Testibus : E[icardo] Winton[iensi], et Henrico Baiocensi,
episcopis ; Nicholao capellano ; Waltero filio Roberti ; Ranulfo
de Glanvilla ; Hugone de Creissi ; Fulcone Paienell ; Bertrano
de Verdun ; Eicardo Giffard ; Roberto de Stut[evilla^] ;
Gilberto Pipard. Apud Cadomum.
[1181-1188.] 533. Writ of Henry II. notifying that the abbot and monks
(Original in archives of Aunay and their possessions are in his keeping, and directing
of the Calvados, ^j^g^^ ^^ ^^^ jg ^^ ^^ them wrong. They are to receive prompt
Trans. Vol. I. fo. 10.) justice, if wronged, and are to lose nothing to which they are
entitled and to render no unaccustomed dues or services.
Teste Willelmo de Humeto, apud Wodest[ocam*].
1186. 534. Charter of Robert prior of St, Andrew's, Northampton
(Original in archives notifying that an agreement has been made, in 1186, between
°^*H ?25™^°'' himself and Vivian abbot of Aunay and his convent of Aunay,
Seal on parchmeut to this effect : Robert prior of Northampton and his convent
tag-, its centre have granted to the monks of Aunay of the tithe (decimationis)
a fi ''^i^sited, of *h^ demesne of Aesleb[i] which St. Andrew's monastery
with halo.) ' possesses canonically from days of old, on condition of the
1 Now archives of Calvados, H. 667. =" Trans. : " Veuses."
' Trans. . " Stuton." " Trans.: "Woodstock,"
^ S8 ABBEY OF ST. MAEY, AUNAY.
1186.
monks of Aunay paying them six loads (suvimas) of wheat etc.
annually. And the monks of Northampton are to receive this
annually at Aesleb[i] in the barn (horreo) of the monks of Aunsty,
within the octave of St. Michaelmas, measured by the king's
great measure in use {hahitam) at Northampton at the time of
the making of this agreement between the above monks. To
secure the observance of this agreement unbroken, it is fortified
by the prior's seal, and by the testimony of the persons named
below, and especially of six priests, three on one side and three
on the other, pledging their faith for its observance, their names
being : Josephus, et Willelmus ejus vicarius ; Ricardus de Sancto
Michaele ; Willelmus de Aisl[ebi] ; Daniel de Siwelle ; Willelmus
de Willeb[i]. Et aliorum nomina sunt hec ; Hugo Eidel decanus ;
Alexander de Cranelle decanus; Johannes de Sancto Petro;
magister Alexander ; Simon filius Widonis.
1190, 20 June. 535. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He gives
(Originalin archives and restores to his beloved officer {familiari) Richard de
H. 668. Seal broken Humeto,^ for his Service and homage, and to Gila his wife, and
[drawing^] . their heirs Popevilla and Warrevilla, with all their appurtenances,
Trans. Vol. I. fo. 11.) ^o be held of him and Ids heirs, with Richard's barony, as his
inheritance in riglit of Gila his wife.*
Testibus : Godefrido Wintoniensi episcopo ; Willelmo filio
Radulli senescallo Normannie ; Pagano de Rochefort senescallo
Audegav[ie^] ; Roberto de Harecort ; Phillippo de Columberiis ;
Gaufrido de Cella; Willelmo de Sancte Marie Ecclesia decano
Moreton[ensi]. Data per manum Johaunis de Alencono
Lexoviensis archidiaconi vicecancellarii nostri [xx. die] Junii.
Apud Chin[onem] anno primo regni nostri.
1190, 25 June. 536. Charter of Richard I. renewing above charter of
(Original in archives Henry II. to William de Humeto.
° Seal brolTen ^ Testibus : Godefrido episcopo Wintoniensi ; Hugone episcopo
Trans.Vol.I. fo. 12.) Cestrie ; Willelmo filio Radulli senescallo Normannie ; Roberto
archidiacono Nottingeham et (sic) filio ejus'; Pagano de
Rocheford senescallo Andegav[ie*] ; Willelmo comite Arundel ;
Roberto de Harecurt , Willelmo de Foro ; Phillipo de Colum-
beriis ; Rogero de Saceio ; Godefrido de Lacell[is]. Datum
per manum Johannis de Alenchun Lexoviensis archidiaconi,
vicecancellarii nostri, anno primo regni nostri vicesima quinta
die Junii, apud Turonem.
' So described by D'Anisy. But when examined by M. Delislc, it was "daus la
collection de M. Lechaude d'-iVnisy " (1853). It must have been restored since,
for it is now in the Archives.
^ The tags of this seal arc of twisted blue and red silks, on which are worked, in
white silk, certain letters, forming the lines :
Jo sui druerie
Ne mc dunez mie
Ki nostre amur deseivre
La raort pu
See M. Delislc's " Notice sur les attaches d'un sceau de Eichard Coeur de Lion."
Bihliothique de t'ecole ties Chartes, 3""° Serie, Tom. IV., and Bulletin Monumental,
1»64.
^ Traus. : "Humetis."' ■' Cf. Ancient Charters (Pipe Roll Soc), p. 91.
" lb. : " Andcgavensis.". * Now only a vidimus by the vicomte of Caen in 1299.
7 ifech'w* ;" filio ejus " [i.e. Willelmi filii Kadufi]. *■ Trans.: " Andegavensis."
ABBEY OF ST. MARY, AUNAY. 189
1194. 537. Charter of Thomas de Verduu granting to Sfc. Mary's,
(Original in archives Aunay and the monks there serving God the gift made by
H. sge.'^Searbroken. Juliana de Sancto Remigio, whose inheritance he possesses
Trans.Vol. I. fo. 13.) by hereditary right, quit of all service, aid, due, and other
secular exaction, namely land at Formigneium worth a measure
(modium) of wheat, a measure of barley and eight measures
{minas) of oats, with the reguard of the men holding that land.
He and his heirs will always acquit that land of all demands
on it, as being frank almoin. He makes this confirmation in
the year 1194, and offers it, with his own hands, on the altar
of the abbey to last for ever.
Testibus : Ricardo de Garsale ; Willelmo de Follavilla ;
Willelmo de Warwich ; Ricardo de Bartonia ; Willelmo Coquo.
1201. 538. Charter of Ranulf earl of Chester notifying that, of
(Original in D'Anisj's his pity and charity, he has given to St. Mary's, Aunay and its
""'^^brlkm.^''*' monks quittance of all toll etc., when selling, buying, trans-
Trans. Vol. I. fo. 13.) furring or exchanging anything that belongs to themselves, at
his fairs and markets, and in all places and lands under his
dominion. He prohibits, under penalty of ] 00 shillings any
man of his from troubling the monks therein.
Actum fuit hoc apud Breceium anno ab incarnation e Domini
jjopQOjo Testibus : Nicolao de Clincampo ; Willelmo Bacon ;
Nicolao Chamberleng ; Sylvano de Clincampo ; Ricardo de
Clincampo.
' Now archives of the Calvados, H. 677.
190
PRIORY OF ST. STEPHEN,
PLESSIS-GRIMOULD,
FOR AUSTIN CANONS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP BAYEUX.
[Cartulary in Archives of the Calvados}}
[1114-1130.]
(Cartulary I. No. 16.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 15.)
[Girc. 1130.]
(Cartulary 11.
No. 740.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo, 16.)
[Circ. 1130.]
(Cartulary II.
No. 743(1).
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 17.)
539. Charter of Henry I. (as king of the English and duke
ot the Normans). He grants, for his weal and that of his wife,
of his sons a,nd daughters (filiorum, etfiliarwm) and his father
and mother and all God's faithful, that the church of St. Stephen
in the castle of the bishop of Bayeux, called Plessis (Plaissitium),
shall by the gift of Sanson the priest, to whom it belongs, be
transferred, with its tithes and all its appurtenances, to the use
and possession of canons regular, etc. etc. He also confirms to
it the fee of the said Sanson, which he holds of the bishop of
Bayeux [specified] etc
[Signa] Hcnrici regis Anglorum ; Turstini Eboracensis archie-
piscopi ; [Auuini Ebroicensis episcopi^ ;] Ricardi Baiocensis
episcopi ; Ricardi Baiocensis archidiaconi ; Gaufridi cantoris
Baiocensis ecclesie ; Willelmi Baiocensis subdiaconi ; Ranulfi
magistri, Willelmi, Herberti, Johannis, Hugonis, canonicorum.^
540. Charter of Richard de Rollos,* giving the canons
regular of Plessis, in the presence of Richard bishop of Bayeux,
with the assent and consent of his sons Richard and Robert,
the church of St. Martin of RoUos, and a "hundred acres of land
there ; and granting the canons the tithes of his wood and his
mill at Rollos, also the tithe of all his demesne in the Bessin
and 30 shillings sterling (estellingorum) [of rent] in England ;
all to be free of secular service.
Hiis testibus : Willelmo Nyobe ; Roberto decano de Baace^ ;
Rogero sacerdote de Rollos; Zacharia de Burce, et celebrum
{sic) fratre® suo Ricardo de Vaudare ; Hosmundo de Waspre ;
Pagano le Fauc ; Radulfo de Camp-espme ; Hosmundo de
Flory ; [Galtero de Rocher^] : Reginaldo Ohastel, et multis aliis.
541. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the bishop of Bayeux
and all his barons and lieges of Normandy. If the church of
Rollos, which Richard de Rollos has given, with its appur-
tenances to St. Stephen's, Plessis-Grimould and the canons
' In three Tolumes. ^ Omitted in Transcript.
^ Trans. : " Hugoni oanonicis." In the Cartulary the " signum " of each canon
is entered separatelj'. ■• See Feudal England, p. 165.
' Trans. : " Waace." ^ Trans. : " oelebro fratre . . . Vauldare."
PRIORY OF ST. STEPHEN, PLBSSIS-GRIMOULD. 191
[Giro. 1130.]
[1141-1163.]
(Cartulary II.
No.741.''
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 17.)
with its lands and other endowments, is of the fee which
Richard holds of him in chief (in capite), and if [it be] free
from claim, he grants the gift ; and St. Stephen's is to enjoy
it and its other possessions as fully as do his other endowed
houses (demoaine).
Testibus : R[oberto]^ de Sigillo, et R[ogero] de Fiscanum,^ et
R[?adulfo] de Bellaf[ago], et R[oberto] de Ver, et R[oberto]
de Curci. Apud Ai-chenci.^
542. Charter of Richard "the second" de RoUos, giving
and granting to St. Stephen's, Plessis Grimould, in the presence
of Philip bishop of Bayeux, the churches of Burcy and St.
Martin of Trottemer with their tithes and appurtenances, and
granting all the gifts that his father Richard de Rollos gave
for his soul and that of his wife, etc. . .
[1155.]
(Cartulary I.
Ko. 17.)
543. Charter of Henry II. confirming to the canons of
St. Stephen's, Plessis all their possessions.
Testibus : Arnulpho (sic) Lexoviensi et Philippe Baiocensi
episcopis, et Roberto episcopo Lincoliensi (sic), et Thoma can-
cellario et Ricardo de Hummeto. Apud Eboracum.
[1156-1162.]
(Cartulary I.
No. 568.
Trans. Vol. lU.
fo. 24.)
544. Writ of Henry II. addressed to William [Puinant^]
and Ralf Bigot. Nicholas, prior of Plessis is to hold in peace the
endowment at Malestrde {Malestrea) which Alvred Bigot gave
him, and no one is to wrong him therein ; and unless they see
to this (feceritis), his justice is to do so.
Teste Philippo episcopo Baiocensi, apud Argent[onium],
[1156-1162.]
(Cartulary III.
No. 1,364.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 24.)
545. Charter of Henry II. granting to St. Stephen's of
Plessis the church of Planquery (Planchereium) with two
[out of three] sheaves of the tithe there, which Roger Bacon
resigned into the hands of Philip bishop of Bayeux, for
allowing his brother Philip de Columbariis to make his peace
with the bishop for the death of Beatrice his niece.
Testibus : [Thoma] cancellario ; Rogero de Hum[eto^] archi-
diacono, et Ricardo de Hum[eto^] constabulario.
[Girc. 1170.]
(Cartulary II.
No. 617.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 22.)
546. Charter of Roger de Magnevilla, giving to St. Stephen's,
Plessis, for the weal of his soul and those of his wife, father,
mother, and predecessors, the church of Montchauvet (de Monte
calveto) with its tithes, endowments, and appurtenances, which
church'^ had been given by his father Stephen.
Et isti sunt testes : Robertus filius Roberti ; Willermus
Avenel; Johannes de Ausnevilla; Nicholaus Folin; Robertus
Rosel ; Gaufridus clericus domini de Magnavilla ; Gaufridus de
1 Trans : " Eioardo."
' Trans. : "A. de Fiscanno." ^ /*• •• " Archengy."
Follpwed by a charter of confirmation from William his son (No. 742).
5 Omitted in. Transcript. " Trans. : " Humetis.'
' Trans. : " hujus autem medietatis ecclesie."
192
PElOEr OF S r. STEPHEN, PLESSIS-GKIMOULD.
[Circ. 1170.]
Camboti ; Ricardus Burnold; Henricus de Alneto ; Radulfus
de Carevilla ; Rogerus de Ferrariis ; Godefridus de Caisneto,
[et aliii].
[Circ. 1170.]
(Cartulary II.
No. 767.
Traue. Vol.III.
fo, 83.)
[1169-1184.]
i(Cartulary I.
No. 18.)
[1168-1181.]
11 Jan.
(Original in
private hands.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 2.5.)
[1167-1175.]
(Cartulary II.
No. 849.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 18.)
547. Charter of Mabira daughter of earl' Robert [of Glou-
cester] mother of Jordan de Campo Ernjalfi, and lady of Maison-
celles (Mansum cellarum). For the weal of her soul etc. she
confirms to the canons regular of Plessis the gift, by her son
Jordan, of the church of St. Amand of Maisoncelles in alms for
ever.
Testibus : Rogero eancellario ; Henrico eantore ; Jordano,
Roberto, et Radulfo archidiaconis ; Radulfo de Gouviz ; Gisle-
berto canonico ; (Jregorio clerico ; Ranulfo de Thain ; Alexaudro
Beuet ; magistro GodV et pluribus aliis.^
548. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and all his officers of Normandy. He grants to prior
Nicholas and the canons regular of Plessis that portion of the
wood of Montpinchum which Henry bishop of Bayeux has
given them, together with the gift by Robert Patrie and
Phiiippa de Rosel his wife of the churches in Philippa's fee
etc
Teste (sic) Henrico Baiocensi et Frogerio Sagiensi, episcopis,
et Hvigone de Cressi. Apud Falesiam.
549. Letter of pope Alexander III. addressed to Nicholas the
prior and the brethren of Plessis. He confirms to them the
churches of Planchere, Berniferes, and Mundervilla with the
tithes etc
Datum Ben[e]vent[i], iij. idus Januarii.
550. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and all his officers of Normandy. He grants and gives
to Nicholas the prior and the canons regular of Plessis, in alms
for ever, for the weal of his soul, the church of St. Mary of
Ivranda with its tithes and appurtenances. The prior is to
appoint there seven canons regular to serve it; for whose
support the king grants and gives for ever 100 pounds of Anjou
from {in) his 'prevdU of Bayeux ; and if, at any time, another
money should there have currency (ciucurrerit), then 100
pounds of that money, similarly, a year. And the canons and
all their property are to be free, throughout his dominions, from
toll, passage [money] and every due. Henry bishop of Bayeux,
for the love of God and of himself has set that church free
from all episcopal dues etc.
Testibus : R[otrodo] Rothomagensi archiepiscopo ; A[rnulfo]
Lexoviensi episcopo ; H[enrico] Baiocensi episcopo ; F[rogero]
' Not in Cartulary.
2 No witnesses to this charter are given in this Cartulary. This list belongs
to the preceding charter (No. 766) by vfhich Jordan de Campo-Ernulfi makes the
above gift in the presence of Henry bishop of Bayeux,
PlilORr OF ST. STEPHEN, PLESSIS-GRIMOULD. 193
[1167-1175.]
Sagiensi episcopo ; E[gidio] Ebroiceusi episcopo ; R[icardo]
Abrincensi episcopo ; Stephano^ Rhedonensi episcopo ; Ricardo
de Humeto constabulario ; Jordano Taisson ; Ricardo iilio
' comitis ; Willelmo de Curcy ; Archenbaldo constabulario de
Tenerchebray. A pud Argentonium.
[1170-1175.] 551. Charter of Henry II. granting to Hugh son of
Osbert and his heirs the land which belonged to Crabaid, and
which had escheated to the bishop, who has given it him to
be held for ever at the annual rent of a pound of pepper and a
pound of cummin etc
Testibus : "Willelmo de Curceio dapifero ; Willelmo do
Humeto ; Gilleberto Malet dapifero ; Rogero Bacon ; Benedicto
de Angervilla ; Hamone pincerna Apud Barbefluctum.
(Cartulary III.
No. 1,435.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 'i4.)
1174, 31 May.
(Cartulary I.
Wo. 271.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 21.)
[1174-1189.]
(Charter in
private hands.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 19.)
[1180-1183.]
(Cartulary III.
No. 1,383.)
552. Charter of Richard de Humeto, constable of the king
of England, addressed to all his men of France and England,
present and future. He gives to William de Mesheudin, his man
and knight, the land of Crespigny for his service etc
Actum est anno ab incamatione Domini nostri Jesu Christi
M°c° septuagesimo quarto, mense Maii, pridie kalend[as] Junii ;
apud Bellummontem, presentibus istis : Willelmo de Humeto,
Eingueranno de Humeto, Jordano de Humeto filiis meis;
Waltero de Cardunvilla ; Willelmo Garb' ; WiUelmo [de]
Coisneriis ; Eudone dapifero meo ; Jordano de Maisnillo ;
Radulfo de Agnis; Hugone de Mara; et pluribus aliis.
553. Charter of Henry bishop of Bayeux, confirming to the
canons regular the gifts made to them [specified], and reciting
that at the prayer and request of king Henry [II.] he had
conferred on them immunity from synodals, aids, " circate," and
all episcopal [obligations], saving only episcopal obedience.
Among the gifts are the church of Savenaium with its tithes
and appurtenances from William de Curseio and Robert his
son, that of Noers, with all its tithes, lands, and appurtenances,
from Ralf de Noers andT'his sons, Hugh and Henry, William
de Calyne, and his son William t]ie younger, Robert de Noers
and his sons, Hugh, Henry and William .... half a
peck (modium) of wheat from the tithes of Lengrona given
by Philip de Columberiis etc. . .
554. Notification by Henry bishop of Bayeux that Henry
the second, the glorious king of the English (AngV) has given
and granted to the priory (ecclesie) of St. Stephen of Plessis
and its canons regular and to the priory of Ivrande the churches
of La Cambe {Camha) and St. Stephen at the ford of the Vire
{super vad' Vire), and, to shew his devotion and the great
humility of his heart, on bended knees presented before the
bishop the prior of these canons to those churches, placing them
in his [the bishop's] hand. This gift the bishop confirms.
1 The Transcript omits the bishop of Bayeux,' misplaces the bishop of Avrunches,
and reads " Thoma," instead of " Stephano " ("Sth'o " in Cartulary) for the bishop
of Eeunes.
e 92684.
194
[1180-1183.]
PRIORY OF ST. STEPHEN, PLESSIS-GRIMOULD.
[Circ. 1190.]
(Cartulary II.
No. 619.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 23.)
[1185-1191.]
(Cartulary II.
No. 881.)
[1164-1189.]
(Cartulary I.
No. 518.-^
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 21,)
[1154-1187.]
(Cartulary II.
No. 880.)
Testibus : Gtaufrido filio dicti Regis ; magistro Waltero de
Gonstantiis Oxon[iensj] archidiacono ; Radulfo archidiacono
Hereford[ensi] ; Willelmo de Humeto constabulario ; Willelmo
fiKo Radulfi senescallo Normannie ; f ratre Eogero elemosinario ;
Hugone de Morwic dapifero; Hugone Bard[ulf], et pluribus
aliis
555. Charter of Robert earl of Leicester, notifying that he
has granted to Ralf prior of Plessis the church of St. Samson of
Montchauvet {Monte-calveto), with all its appurtenances, saving
the rights of the abbey (ecclesie) of St. Evroul.
Testibus hiis: Nicholao de Gloz ; Philippo de Aubigne ;
Willelmo capellano ; Andrea de Ocaumes^ ; Luca clerico ; Galtero
le Franceys, et pluribus aliis.
556. Charter of Hugh de Corterva notifying that he has
granted the gift which his uncle William de Traci made to
Alan de Traci clerk — before his crime against St. Thomas — of all
the churches on his land {fecit forefactum quod fecit de Sancto
Thoma in OTnnibus ecclesiis terre sue% Thomas the clerk, who
possesses them, paying Alan an annual pension. He has there-
fore presented the said Alan before John bishop of Exeter ; and
ratifying what his lord, William de Traci had done, he grants
Alan all the churches of his land to be possessed after the
death of Thomas his vicar.
Testibus : Olivero de Traci ; Pagano de Tirun (?) ; Mathia de
Pinu ; Ricardo de Chou ; Willermo Beve ; WiHermo de Palle
Grente ; Olivero de Blonc, etc.
557. Charter of Philippa de Rosel, daughter of Hugh de
Rosel, giving the canons regular of Plessis, in the presence of
king Henry and of Henry bishop of Bayeux, the church of
Athys with all its appurtenances, and confirming the gift of
fifty acres of land by Hugh de Rosel her father.
558. Charter of W[illiam] bishop of Le Mans notifying
that W[illiam] de Traceio had built a house for lepers at
Coismas, and had assigned them property for their livelihood,
but that this house having stood empty for some time, he, at
the prayer of Henry king of the English, assigned its revenues
to Alan the clerk, brother to the said W[illiam]. Afterwards
on Alan surrendering them, of his own accord to him, he, at
Alan's entreaty, and by king Henry's command, gave them to
the priory {ecclesie) of Ivrande etc. . .
Huic donationi^ .... interfuerunt : Esgaretus capel-
lanus episcopi Baiocensis ; Ivo magister scolarum ; etc.
' Trans. : " Ocoaghes."
-^ The text is obscure, but the best sense is made by reading " donationem . .
. . in omnibus ecclesiis," etc.
' By another charter (/6., No. 519) made also, in their presence, she gives the
church of St. Martin of Kosel and others ; and by a third (Vol. II., No. 659) she
gives all she possessed in the fief of Mesnil-Trichart in the parish of Keculey.
PRIOEY OF ST. STEPHEN, PLESSIS-GRIMOULD. 195
[1193-1197.] 559. Charter of Hugh de Coterna, giving the canons of
<Cartulary II. Plessis and of Yvrande the endowment at Coysmon and the
Trans^VoT'lii. °^^^^ g^^*^ which William de Tracy, his uncle, gave them
fo. 25.) previously, in accordance with the charters of king Henry and
of William bishop of Le Mans.
Hoc fuit factum apud Cadomum ad scaccarium coram
Willelmo filio Radulfi^ tunc aenescallo Normannie. Testibus
hiis : Willelmo de Longo-campo domini regis cancellario, et
Willelmo Oonstanciensi episcopo ; Garino episcopo Ebroicensi,
et pluribus aliis.
[1174-1180.] 560- Notification by Ralf de Hamars that, in the presence
(Cartulary I. of Henry bishop of Bayeux and of William son of Ralf and of
Trans?ni fo 22 ) ^^® barons in session at the exchequer, he has confirmed (con-
cessi) the gift by Philippa de Eosel his wife, to Nicholas the
prior and the canons regular of Plessis, before her marriage
etc according to her charter and that of the king.
1197, 17 April. 561. Charter of Richard I. reciting and confirming the
(Cartulary I. charters of Richard in favour of the priory of Plessis, and
Trans Vol III adding the churches of Cambes, St. Clement, Montanger, and
fo. 26.) Bucy.
Testibus: Waltero Rothomagensi, et Johanne Dublinensi
archiepiscopis ; Henrico Baiocensi ; Guarino Ebroicensi, Lisiardo
Sagiensi, Guillelmo Constanciensi episcopis ; magistro maugerio
thesaurario ; magistro Rogero de Sancto Edmundo ; Roberto,
Balduino, et Johello^ capellanis uostris ; R[adulfo] comite
Augiensi ; Willelmo Mariscallo ; Willelmo filio Radulfi senescallo
Normannie ; R[icardo] camerario de Tankarvilla ; Walkeliao de
Ferrariis ; Ricardo Selvein.^ Datum per manum nostram apud
Bellum castellum de Rupe xvij.* die Aprilis anno regni nostri
octavo.
[1189-1199.] 562. Charter of Richard de Cambernof giving to the
(Cartulary II. canons regular of Yvrande the church of St. Cornier (Sanctus
Trans" Vof III GoTTielius) with all its tithes and appurtenances.
fo. 24.) Hiis testibus : Johanne comite Moret[onii] ; Rannulfo comite
Cestrie ; Alano filio eomitis ; Savarico de Samai° ; Nicholas
Avenel: Radulfo de Hamaic^; Roberto de Hamarz; Gaufrido
capellano de Mostun' ; [magistro Benedicto ; Symone Pitot ;
Ricardo de Borun ; Ranulf o de Vire ; Sansone Foliot ; Gaufrido
de Sancto Bricio*] ; et pluribus aliis.
[N. D.] 563. Charter of Jordan de Champern[on] confirming (con-
(Cartularyll. cedo) to the canons regular of Plessis and Ivrande his brother
Ko.859.) Richard's gift.
Hii sunt testes : Radulfo de Mondrevilla ; Radulfo de Bosco ;
Roberto de Burceio ; Gaufrido Carpentario ; Derhentore Moinot ;
Willermus de Fegeroll[is] ; Johannes I'itot, et plures alii.
1 Trans. , " Eicardi" ; Cart. : " Rio' Kadulfi."
2 Trans. : " Joscello." '•> Omitted in Transcript ^ Trans. : « xxiij."
* " Sameyo " in Transcript. " " Hamarc '' omitted in Transcript.
7 " de Mostun " omitted in Transcript. " All the names omitted in Transcript.
N 2
196
PRIORY OF ST. STEPHEN, PLESSIS-GRIMOULD.
[1189-1199.]
12 April.
(Cartulary I.,
No. 31.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 20.)
564. Charter of John, couot of Mor tain (iforetome), addressed
to all his- officers of Normandy and England. For the weal of
his soul and that of his brother, and [those] of all his preile-
cessors he gives to the priory (do'tnui) of Plessis-Grimould and of
Ivrande and the canons there serving God freedom to buy and
sell throughout his land, quit [of toll], all that their servants
can declare to be for fteir own use in cities, boroughs
{hurgis), vills [and] ports, within fairs and without.
Testibus : Willelmo Wenn' ; Humberto de Carenti ; Rogero
de Amundevilla; Henrico de Ponte Aldomari; Ricardo de
Fontineto ; Thoma de Evercy ; Hugone de Valnoise ; Willelmo
Eule ; Hugone Malebisse.^ Apud Insulam Bonam xij. die Aprilis
[per manum Johannis de Grai^].
[] 189-1199.]
(Cartulary I.,
No. 30.-''
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 20.)
565. Charter of John count of Mortain (Moreton) and [earl]
of Gloucester, notifying that, for the weal of his soul and [those]
of king Henry his father and of his predecessors, he has given
to St. Stephen's, Plessis the church of Winburne with the office
of dean {decaiiatu) and all appurtenances, reserving only to
himself the first presentation after the departure (destUutionem)
of Peter de Mellent.
Hiis testibus : Rogero de Amundevilla ; Rogero de Montebegon
Oodefrido Esturmi ; magistfo Benedicto ; Huberto de Burgo ;
Johanne de Gray, et multis aliis. Apud Iverandam.
1203, 25 Sept.
(Cartulary II.,
No. 856.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo 26.)
566. Charter of John, granting to the canons of St. Mary of
Ivrande the land at Presles (Praterie) with all its appurtenances,
that Robert Marslial held, which he gave them while he was
count of Mortain.
Testibus: K[oberto] comite Leycestrie ; W[illelmo] comite
d'Arundello ; W[illelmo] comite de Ferrariis ; Willelmo de
Breosa ; Petro de Pratell[is*] ; Warino filio Geroldi ; Roberti de
Veteri ponte. Datum per manum S[iraonis] prepositi [Beverlaci]
et archidiaconi Wellensis apud Boz' xxv. die Septembris anno
regni nostri quinto.
' Names of these witnesses very incorrect in Transcript.
^ Omitted in Transcript.
' No, 33 is a charter of Isabel, countess of Gloucester and Mortain, similarly
giving the church of Wimburnc, for the soul of her father William earl of
(iloucester, and attested by the same witnesses with the addition of Bartholomew
the chaplain and .John the clerk.
■• Cart. ; "Pratello," ' ? 7?cc<z'us Bur [urn] .
197
PRIORY OF STE. BARBE-EN-AUCxE (IN
ECAJEUL ON THE DIVE),
FOR AUSTIN CANONS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP LISIEUX.
[Original Documents in Archives of the Calvados.]
[N. D.] 567. Charter of Odo Stigandus, reciting that, actuated by
(Original in archives, i-eligious motives, and strengthened [in his resolve] by the
Trans. A''ol. I. fo. 21.) fj^j^jfy} counsel and aid of his barons and friends, he has
established six canons in the church of St. Martin at Escajeul
(Scaiolioluin) and provided for their daily necessities, etc. . .
[Sigua] Odonis Stigandi ; Osmundi Boend ; Serlonis de
Mansione-Malgerii ; Willelmi de Mirebel ; Hugonis Buscardi de
Iz ; Ranulfi de Iz ; Grantonis de Wals ; Badulfi de Wals.
[1067-1073.] To secure the substance and rights of the priory, Odo
presented the canons to his lord William duke of the Normans at
Troam (Troardensem) and commended to his custody and de-
fence the priory with all its rights in the presence of .John
archbishop of Eouen and of certain bishops, abbots, and barons.
[And] the duke, receiving, with humble devotion, the benefit[s]
of the priory and of its prayers, committed it, in turn to Roger
de Montgomery for safe keeping.
[Signa] Willelmi Normannorum duels; Johannis Rothoraa-
gensis archiepiscopi ; Hugonis Lexoviensis episcopi ; Michaelis
Abrincarum' episcopi ; Durandi Troardensis abbatis ; Ainardi
Sancte Marie Divensis^ abbatis ; Nicholai Sancti Audoeni abbatis ;
Rogeri de Montegommery ; Rogeri de Bellonaonte ; Willelmi filii
Osberti de Britolio.
[? 1128.] 568. Charter of Rabel the chamberlain son of William the
(Vidimus of 1467 chamberlain. For the weal of the soul of his lord king Henry,
in ^rcbives. ^^ f^^ ^r^^ redemption of his [own] soul, and those of his father and
mother and all his predecessors, also for the soul of Agnes his
wife deceased, by the counsel and with the assent of the king
and of his father William and of John bishop of Lisieux, he
establishes canons regular in the church of St. Martin and
' Sic in Trans. = d. 1073.
198 PRIORY OF STE. BAEBE-EN-AUGE.
[? 1128.]
Ste. Barbe at Escajolet, and for their support etc. ... he
further bestows on them, of his own possessions, in England :
10 pounds sterliag a year in the soke of Graham, namely, at
Colsteuorda 100 shillings, and at Stroxton (Hochestona) and
Sumercheby 4 pounds, and 20 shillings from the mill of Stoke
(Flochez); in the vale (valle) of Gloucester, the whole manor
of Becheford and of Ashton (Aissetonvda) as he held it freely
in demesne, reserving nothing to himself in dues, pleas, or labour
(operationibtos) etc [He grants them] the pleas of
all their men free in their court. And if they or their men
should bring a claim against his own the case is to be tried in
the court of the canons. ... He further grants the land
that Lesza wife of Robert de Abetot gave them at her death,
and which [gift] Robert placed upon the altar also
the exchange between the canons and Odo de Canun, with his
sons Thomas and William, for their help of him against the
justice[s] of king Henry and their expenses [therein] etc. .
[1130-1133.] 569. Charter of Henry I. [as king of the English and duke
(Originai[?] in of the Normans] addressed to Hugh archbishop of Rouen, John
Leather taff for seal, l^'^^hop of Lisieux, and all the other bishops of Normandy and
Trans. Vol I. fo.27.) all his barons. He grants all that Odo Stigandus and his men
have given to the church of St. Martin of Escajolet as recited
herein, at the prayer of William the chamberlain of TancarviUa
and Rabel his son, and all that they themselves have added
since, both in England and Normandy, for the support of tbe
canons regular there, as recited herein. [The charter of Odo
Stigandus ut supra, is here recited in full.]
Subsequently, namely in the 28th year of his reign, that is, in
1128, he and William the chamberlain, nephew (nepos) of the
said Odo, and William's son Rabel, by divine inspiration,
discussed with the then canons of the church, John bishop of
Lisieux advising and assisting, the ordering of the church and
all its possessions according to the rule of the blessed Augustine.
So it was arranged that the bishop should introduce canons
there, giving them full enjoyment of the possessions, saving his
episcopal rights. [The charter of Rabel, ut supra, is here recited
in full.]
[Signa] Henrici regis Anglie ; regine Anglie^ ; Johannis
Liixoviensis episcopi ; Rabelli camerarii ; Turstini archiepiscopi
Eboracensis ; [Roberti] comitis Gloecestrie^ ; Guillelmi comitis
Varenne^ ; Roberti comitis Leecestrie* ; Pagani Piuvrelli.^
1137. 570. Charter of Stephen as king of the English and duke
(Original in archives." of the Normans addressed generally. He confirms all the gifts
Tran^s^ Vo^i!l''fo.'32.) ^^^^ ^Y ^^° Stigandus and his men to the priory (ecclesie) of
St. Martin and Ste. Barbe of Ecajeul {Sancta Barbara de
Escajolet) as described in the charters of his grandfather king
' Omitted in Transcript. ^ Xrans. -. " de Glocestria."
» Trans.: "deVarenna." 4 Trans. : " de Leecestria."
* The appearance of this charter (which has a parchment tag for the seal) is some-
what suspicious.
PKIORY OF STE. BARBE-EN-AUGE. 199
1137.
William and his uncle Idng Henry, at the prayer of Hugh
archbishop of Rouen and of his dearest brother Theobald
count of Blois, and at the request of Rabel de Tancardivilla
his chamberlain, confirming them all and those of Rabel in the
second year of his reign, the year 1137.
Hsec^ vero omnia predicte eeclesie imperpetuum obtinenda
regia auctoritate confirmo et a deo mihi* coUata potestate
corroboro etc ... .
Testibus : R[ogero] cancellario ; R[oberto] comite Gloecestrie ;
G[alerano] comite de Mellent ; Gxih[ero] de Alneto ; Willelmo
de Alb[inineio] pincema,^ et Hugone Bigoto, et Roberto Maleto
et Roberto de Curceio, et Ricardo filio Ursi, et Willelmo
Maled[octo^], et Johanno Marescallo. Apud Pontem Aldomari.
[1168-1190.] 571. Charter of Robert, earl of Leicester, granting to the
(Original in archives, priory (ecclesie) of St. Mary and Ste. Barbe and the canons there
Trans! VoLl.fo.3i.) serving God, for the souls of his father and mother, and for the
weal of his own soul and that of P[etronilla] his wife, their
children, predecessors and successors, those 40 shillings [of rent]
which she gave them for the souls of her father and mother,
whose bodies rest there, to be paid annually on the feast of St.
Gregory from her rent at Lire.
Testes fuerunt : Rogerus filius mens ; Rogerus capellanus
mens ; Guilbertus capellanus ; Willelmus de Wivilla ; Willelmus
de Campain'; Hamon de Hotot ; Nicholaus de Gloz, et pluribus
aliis (sic).
[N. D.] 572. Charter of William de Bellocampo, addressed to his
(Original in archives, sons, his friends, his tenants and all others. For the weal of
Trans Vol T fo°33 ) ^^ ^'^^^ ^^^ [those] of all his predecessors and his sons, he
releases (dimisi) and gives to Ste. Barbe and his beloved
brethren the canons there serving God all his claim and that of
his heirs to the manor of Becheford and its appurtenances.
[1185-1189.] 673. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
(Original in archives, to the priory (ecclesie) of St. Martin and Ste. Barbe and its
Tran8.^Vol.l.fo.33.)gg^^Q^g all the gifts that have been made to it, [namely,] of the
gifts of Rabel the chamberlain, in England, the whole manor
of Bekeford, as held by his father William in the time of
Henry I. etc of the gift of William the chamberlain
son of Rabel, rights in his wood of Colestewurd[e] ; in exchange
from Joscelin de Perceio and Roger and Robert his brothers
the land they held among (inter) the canons' vines adjoining
the priory (ecclesiam) of Ste. Barbe, etc [gifts in
Normandy specified in great detail] .... of the gift of
Robert earl of Leicester those 40 shillings which P[etroni]la]
his wife gave the canons from (in) the revenues of Lire, to be
' This last clause (including the witnesses) is in another handwriting.
= Pincema omitted in Transcript. ' Trans.: "Molend[ario]."
■* The witnesses given in French only.
200 PEIORY OF STE. BARBE-EN- AU GE.
[1185-1189.]
received annually ; of the gift of Henry de Novo Burgo 20
shillings of usual money, annually, on St. Luke's day, from (in)
the prevoU of Neufbourg {Novi Burgi) etc
Testibus : Waltero Rothomagensi archiepiscopo ; Hennco
Baiocensi, Willelmo Constantiensi, et Johanne Ebroicensx
episcopis ; [Gaufrido cancellario filio meoi] ; Martino Cerasiensi,
et* Petro Caddomensi (sic), abbatibus ; Willelmo de Humeto
constabulario ; Willelmo iilio Radulfi senescallo Normannie ;
Sehero de Quinci^ Hugone de Creissi; Willelmo de Mara;
Thoma Bardulf ; Ricardo de Canvilla; Hamone pincerna.
Apud Burum.
Seal described by D'Anisy as fine ; but only a fragment now left on handsome
tag of twisted silks.
[?1190], 574. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He has
24 Feb. taken under his protection the priory of Ste. Barbe etc. The
(Original in archives house and its prior and canons and all its possessions are to
6eS broken' ^"^ guarded accordingly both in ecclesiastical and in lay rights.
Trans^Vol L p°'34) The prior and canons are not to be impleaded except before
himself, or, by his special writ, before his chief justice.
Teste meipso apud ChinoHem xxiiij. die Februarii.
' Omitted in Trauicript. - Trans. : " Serlon de Quigny."
201
ABIiEY OF ST. DESIR,
FOR BENEDICTINE NUNS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP LISIEUX.
{Original Docuwents in Archives of the Calvados.']
[1050-1060.] 575. Charter of William " prince" of the Normans, granting
(Original in archives, at the request of Hugl) bishop of Lisieux and Liecelina his
'l'rans.Vol.l.fo.i47.)jjjQjjj^j. ^j^g place Called St. Desir, in the suburbs of Lisieux
for a monastery in honour of St. Mary and St D^sir.
[Signa] Willelmi coraitis ; Hugonis episcopi ; Rogerii de
Montgomerico ; Willelmi filii Osberui ; Eoberti fratiis comitis ;
Kadulfi Taxoiiis ; Erneisi ; Ricardi vicecomitis ; Turoldi ;
Hugonis ; Radulfi ; Viviani.
1147. 576. Charter of Geoffrey, duke of Normandy and count of
(Original in archives. Aujou, addressed to Hugh archbibliop of Rouen. He has given
Trans.'Vol.l.fo.i48.)^j^p brethren of the Hospital the market dues of Villedieu, on
condition that they allow the abbess and nuns of St. Mary of
Lisieux to enjoy half this right and that the nuns share with
them the market dues of Sautchevruil, which they have been
theirs.
Mirebeau. Easter 1147.
[1169-1175.] 577. Charter of Henry II. granting to the nuns of St. Mary
(Original in archives, of Lisieux, a moiety of the maiket {fori) and permission to have
rans. o . . o. .) ^j^gjp ^^y^ officer there to receive the profits as was agreed
between the Hospitallers and themselves, and in accordance
with his father's cliarter.
Testibus: Arnulfo Lexoviensi, Egidio Ebroicensi, Stephano
Redonensi episcopis ; comite Willelmo de Mandevilla ; Ricardo
de Huraeto^ constabulario ; Willelmo de Curci dapifero ;
Alveredo de Sancto Martino ; Hugone de Lacy. Apud Cadomum.
' j\hstract in French. ^ Trans. ; " Ilumetis."
202
ABBEY OF ST. PIERRE-SUR-DIVE,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP SEES.
[^Original Bocwments in Archives of the Galvados}'\
[1086-1094.] 578. Charter of Hubert Baldran giving, by consent of his
(Ori^nai in archwes. wife Aeliz lo God and St. Mary of St. Pierre-sur-Dive the
^'■^'"•^°'- ™-*''-^-> church of "VMfricheston' in frank almoin for ever, for the weal
of his soul and [those] of all his friends, with all its tithes,
privileges, and appurtenances, and two hides of land, quit of all
secular dues and all [else], and privileges and rights of common
within and without the vill, in plain and wood, meadow and
pasture. Moreover, he gives and grants to the said abbey the
church of St. Peter of Ledleford, with [its] tithes, privileges
and appurtenances, [and] with one hide of land quit of every-
thing. Kainald de Bailoul his lord and Amilia his wi£e have
granted this; also Eoger earl of Shrewsbury,^ who granted
and confirmed the gift, for Rainald and himself, in the hearing
of many.
[1161-1170.] 579. Charter of Sibyl,(i) lady of Wilfriche8ton,(2) notifying
(Original m archives, that her father Hubert JBaldram and his wife Adeliz, her
mother, gave God and the monks of St. Pierre -sur-Dive the
church of 'WUfricheston,(^) with all liberties and dues, thereto
belonging, in frank almoine for ever, and that she, their only
child, succeeding them by hereditary right, granted this gift
before her marriage, and [now] further confirms it and gives it
validity, by placing the holy gospels with her own hand on the
altar. She also grants, with the same validity, the land lying
between the monks' court and the brook running through the
vill, which land Eoger de Frevilla her husband and she have
given to God and the monks, and the pasture of the whole
vill(^) for the monks' use, that is for the use of their flocks and
mares (jumentorum) and all moving things (se moventium)
which are the property of the monks or their men.
His testibus: Eadmundo Coventrensi archidiacono, et
Ricardo capellano ejusdem, et Ricardo de Gnousale(''), et Nicholao
et Ricardo capellanis monachorum, et Osmundo(^) de Wilfriche-
stone,(^) et Johanne homine monachorum, et Ailwardo famulo
' The whole of these charters are now missing. The Cartulary of Tuthury
Priory, now in the College of Arms, has been collated by the Editor, but it throws
no light on difficulties in these charters, and gives scarcely any witnesses.
2 Trans. : " Salaber."
^ These appear to represent duplicate charters, though the fact is not stated.
The variants of any consequence in the Transcript on fo, 8 are here noted : —
C) Sybilla. (=) Wlfricheston', (3) de Freville.
C) Guonsal'. (') Eadmundo.
Seal of Eadmund
archdeacon of
Coventry.
[Drawing.]
Trans. Vol. III.
fos. 8,» 433.)
ABBEY or ST. PIEKRE-SUR-DIVE. 203
[1161-1170.]
monachorum, et Sara femina Rogeri de Lelesforde, cum multis
aliis. Ego Ricardus gratia Dei Goventrensis episcopus preno-
minatam elemosinam confirnio etc. . ; . .
[1135-1189.] 580. Charter of Robert de Ferrariis addressed to all his
(Original in archives, barons atid men and all sons of the church, clerk and lay. He
^'^fo'.Iao'."^' S^^^^ ^^ S'- ^^^y ^^^ ^^^- monks [of Tutbury] what Henry
son of Sawalus has given them, namely, Neuton with all its
appurtenances ; and he grants them [leave] to make a trench
(tranchea) in the moor of Utukesh[estra] to save their fields
from being destroyed by excess of water (nimia aque sepe),
and[? to take] the branches (raTneam) off the willows and osiers
overhanging the water, for the improvement of their damp
fields.
Testibus^ : R. capellano, et Radulfo de Seile, et R. de Piro
dapifero, et Willemo Pantul, et G. de Calz, et Petro de
Sandiac[ra], et Willelmo de Gf., et Ricardo de Ce'un,^ et
WiUelmo filio Huberti,^ et Gilberto de Sub[er]ia, et aliis
pluribus.
Et huic dono accrevit Jurdanus rectus heres Henrici [filii]
Sawali pratura de Mara, et tres acras fere de fractitio, Et, his
testibus predictis.
[1140-1150.] 581. Charter of Robert the younger earl of Nottingham
(Original in archives, {comes jvmior de NoUngaham) addressed to the bishop of
fo"427 ■) Chester, all the faithful [sons] of the church, and all his barons,
knights, and men, and all his friends, clerk and lay. He grants
to his church of Totesbery, erected in honour of Mary the
Virgin, all that his grandfather Henry, or his father's brother
Engenulf, or his father Robert, or their wives, barons, knights
and men had given or granted it, in vills, lands, tithes, rents,
mills, pasture, woods, plain, meadow, fisheries, with all dues
and liberties they have ever possessed or he himself, especially
" od Tol, od Tern, od Soche, od Infangantuf," so that the said
church should never more be troubled in any of these matters,
by complaints, threats, or plea. This grant was made in the
time of William the Prior.
Testibus^ : Alexandro Dapifero, et Willelmo filio Herberti,
et Roberto de Bartona, et Roberto de Liveth, et Willelmo de
Seile, et Rodulfo filio ejus, et Henrico Huse, et Philippo de
Loheach, et Simone de Briechort, et Goyfrido filio ejus, et
Ansculfo clerico, et multis aliis.
1141. 582. Charter of Robert the younger earl of Nottingham
(Original in archives, (junior covfies de Nothingoham) dated 1141, granting and
.'^''f«!' ^^^- Y^^- giving to the (huic) church of St. Mary of Totesberie the whole
fo. 428. Printed in ='. ,, ° » ,, ^ / . . „ ^ i nr n \ j.i_
Monast. Aug., but tithe 01 the monies arising from [de JSovo Burgo) tne new
with only the first borough wbich his father caused to be increased, or which he
witness.) j^g^g Qj. j^g^y '^^ futurc , Haffi oly the rents of houses in that town ;
and this he does for the weal of his soul and those of his
' Trans,: "Teste," ^ Eeotius : " Curcub." ' Eeotius : "Herberti."
204 ABBEY OF ST. PIEREE-S UK-DIVE.
1141.
father and mother, and most of all for the release of a mare of
silver which Robert son of Walchelin de Raborna used to pay
the church yearly from Hegentona after the death of Hatwis
the earl's mother. It is therefore notified that he and the
prior quitclaim (liberuin acclamavimus) to Robert this marc of
silver for ever. To the above gift the earl adds the vrhole
parish of the new borough as of the old ; which gift he offers
on St. Mary's altar, by a knife, in the presence of the prior
and the other monks and of these his barons : Alan de Lecca,
Fulcher son of Sawal', Robert de Duno, David de Stant[one],
Ralf son of Sawal', Philip de Loheac, Ansculf the clerk, Henry
Huse, and certain strangers, [namely] Hervey de Montemorenci,
Hubert de Monte Canesil, Philip son of Eudo, and many others,
witnesses on both sides. It is notified therefore {sic) that
Ralf son of the huntsman has given the (huic) church two
bovates in Holint[on], free of all service, for the souls of liis
wife and his predecessors.
[1158-9.] 583. Charter of William de Ferrariis addressed to Robert
(Original in archive?, bishop of Lincoln and all the sons of the church of God, clerk
'^""fo 430 ) ' ^^^ -^^y* ^® gives the churches of Stapefonl and Wimundaham
and Torp, with all their appurtenances, in alms for ever to
St. Mary of Totesberia and the monks there serving God, for
the weal of his soul and those of all his predecessors.
Testibus^ : Domuo Bernardo abbate Sancti Ebiulfi, et Syinone
clerico, et Willelmo Pantolf, et Roberto de Chaurches, et
Radulfo fratre ejus, et Hamelino, et Goyfredo de Aspres, et
Gylleberto de Snl' aqua, et Roberto dapifero, et Henrico vinitore,
et Samsone de Hoctona, et Ilerberto cognati Roberti dapiferi,
et Pagano fabro, ct filio ejus Hugone, et Henrico coc' et fratre
ejus Engenulfo, et Henrico de Denustona, et Richerio janitore,
et Anschetillo et Michaele Colsueni cocci filiis, et Willelmo et
Henrico filio ejus, et Willelmo filio Anserede et Walkelino
fratre ipsius, et aliis quam pluribus.
[1158-9.] 584. Charter of William earl Ferrars (de i^errariis) addressed
(Original iu archives, to all his men, French and English. He ratifies the gilt by
■'^'^T' TsiV^^' William de Ferrariis to the monastery of St. Mary of Tuttesberie
and the monks there serving God, namely the churches of
Stapleford and Wimundaham and Torp with all their appur-
tenances in lands, tithes, rents, offerings, and liberties. This
gift made, in pious devotion, by William his kinsman and man,
and authorised by the bishop of Lincoln, he confirms by his
seal etc., prohibiting so far as in him lies, everyone from dis-
turbing, diminishing, oi- infringing this pious work duly offered
to God.
Predicto Willelmo de Ferrariis testante, et Willelmo de
Brausa ; Willelmo Gilfard ; Willelmo Pantolf ; R[oberto] de
Ferrariis fratre comitis ; R[oberto] de Ferrariis patruo^ ejus ;
Thoma de Ferrariis ; Willelmo filio Herberti ; R[oberto] filio
1 Trans. , « Teste." ^ Xrans. : "proavo."
ABBEY OF ST. PIEERE-SUR-DIVE. 205
[1158-9.]
Walkelini; Thoma fratre ejus; Eicardo de Fiflnd[e] dapifero;
Robtrto de Piru ; R[adulfo] de Boschervilla ; Henrico filio
Fulconis ; Philippo clerieo ; Henrico de Auchenviila; Thoma
fratre ejus, et Thoma sacerdot[e] ; Waltero capellano filio Siwarfc ;
Waltero Ruffo.
[Circ. 1160.] 585. Charter of William earl Ferrars (cZe i^'errctri-is) addressed
(Original in archives, to the bJshop of Chester, etc. Piinted in Monast. Angl. III.
^'*"fo^28 V^ 393, from the Cartulary, which gives no witnesses.
Testibus^ : Roberto de Ferrariis fratre comitis, et Roberto et
Henrico de Ferrariis ejus patruis, et Willelmo filio Huberti^
dapifero, et Henrico Walchilini lilio, et Thoma venatore ; Thoma
de Piru, Henrico filio Fulcherii ; Thoma sacerdote ; Henrico de
Aukenvilla, Thoma de Aukenvilla capellanis^; Waltero capel-
lano; Waltero ibidem capellano; Johanne diacono ; Archibaldo;
Henrico fratre ejus ; Michaele ; Johanne filio Godefridi ;
Roberto de Brailesford ; Nicholao magistro comitis ; Gaufrido
Hauselin ; Galfrido camerario, et aliis pluribus.
[Give. 1170.] 586. Charter of William earl Ferrars {de Ferrariis) ad-
(Original in archives, dressed to all his men and friends, clerk and lay, French and
Tmnl VoK Til. English. He gives to God and St. Mary and the church of
fo. 3.) Tutesbury, and the monks there serving God a fishpool at
Stamford and half a marc [of rent] from the mill on it, with
the wood of Essardend, to be brought into cultivation, between
the road leading to Stochilea and that which leads to Stamford,
and between the fishpool stream (rivwlus) and the ford and
road leading to Stochilea, in frankalmoin for ever, for the
weal of his soul and those of his wife and children and all his
predecessors. He also confiims the exchange made by prior
Fulc and the convent with Thomas de Piru, namely that the
prior and convent should quitclaim to Thomas 10 shillings,
which were due to them from Thomas for the land of Newnter,
and that Thomas should quitclaim to them half a marc [of
rent] due to him from the above mill, on condition that
Thomas paid them annually twelve pence in recognition for
the land of Newnter, which land, after his death, was to
belong to the prior and convent free from any claim by the
heirs of Thomas.
His testibus : Henrico de Auchervilla, Thoma de Aucher-
villa, Henrico filio Fucherii capellanis comitis, et Waltero et
presb' Thoma capellanis monachorum ; Philippo clerieo ; Will-
elmo filio Herberti dapifero ; Roberto filio WalcheUni ; Henrico
filio Walchelini, et Petro filio Walchelini ; Hamfredo de Tocheto ;
Roberto de Brailesford, cum pluribus aliis.
[Circ. 1180.] 587. Charter of Richard bishop of Coventry notifying that at
(Original in archives, the prayer of the worshipful Alvred, abbot of St. Pierre -sur- Dive
'^'"'^t'^^°h^\^' and the convent he confirms to his dear sons the lepers of
Bretford' the grant made in charity by the said abbot and
' Trans.: "Teste." ^ Reclius : "Herberti." ' Trans. : "capellano."
fo. 434.)
206 ABBEY OF ST. PIEERE-SUE-DIVE.
[Girc. 1180.]
convent, namely that the lepers should have a chaplain of their
own in their first {prima) chapel at Bretford' saving in all
things the parochial rights of the mother church of Wlvrich-
[eston]. He also confirms to them the tithes of their milk and
the herbs from their gardens, allowed to them in pity by the
said abbot and convent, as their charter testifies. And for these
grants and privileges the said lepers are to pay two shillings
annually.
Testibus: Eanulfo abbate de Buldewas^; N[icholao] archi-
diacono Ooventrensi ; magistro K. de Haia ; magistro Willelmo
de Torentona ; Andrea Giffard ; Gilleberto P. camerario ; Rogero
de Busch' wall' ; Osberto de Camera, et multis aliis.
[1178-1188.] 588. Charter of Henry de Toke addressed to all his men
(Original in archives, and his friends, present and future. He grants to the church
Trans. III. fo. 433.) ^j g^. ^^^ ^j Tutesbery two burgages in the town of Tutes-
bery, which Awise his mother gave it, adjoining the house of
Robert Gemun, in frankalmoin ; and he gives it a messuage
{mesuagium), with curtilage, which Matildis the widow held in
Ansedl[ega] for the soul of his wife and his own, and those of
his children and predecessors, to be held in frankalmoin for
ever of him and his heirs.
His testibus : R[icardo] abbate de Burt[ona^] ; magistro
R. de Rolvestona ; magistro Guidone de Hamb[ury ?] ; Johanne
filio God', et multis aliis.
[Girc. 1200.] 589. Charter of William de Ferrariis, earl of Derby, notifying
(Original in archives, that for the weal of his soul, and those of Agnes his wife and
"^^fo 433 ) °^ ^ ^^® predecessors and his heirs he confirms to God and
St. Mary of Tutesbery and the monks there serving God the
gifts made to them by his predecessors and their barons and
men, especially the churches of Torp and Wimundham and of
Estapleford and Easton with all their appurtenances.
Hiis testibus : Thoma fratre meo ; Johanne capellano ;
W[? illelmo] de Rideware ; Herberto de Merula ; Rogero de
Rideware ; Gaufrido clerico ; Hugone de Mell'eborna ; Thoma
de Emesore et aliis pluribus.
' Not in Monasticon. ? Cf. Burton Cartulary (ed. Wrottesley), pp. 41,42.
207
ABBEY OF ST. ANDRE-EN-GOUFFERN,
FOR CISTERCIAN MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OF SEES.
[Original Documents in Archives of the Calvados and of
La Manche ; Cartulary.]
1135. 590. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the archbishop of
(Cartulary, fo.isd.) Rouen and all his officers of Normandy. William Tanetin and
Robert de Bretevilla his lord have, in his presence, given and
granted to St. Mary of Vi[g]naz and the abbot and monks of
the order of Savigni there dwelling three fields (culturas) which
William held, etc This he confirms by his royal
authority (regia auctoritate et a Deo mihi collata potestate)
etc
T[estibus] : Nigello episcopo Elyensi, et Roberto de Sigillo, et
Rogero th[esaur]ario, et Ricardo de Bellafago, et Ricardo
filio comitis Glocestrie, et Roberto archidiacono Exon[iensi]
capellanis meis, et" Roberto de Curci, et Hugone Bigoto, et
Gaufrido filio Pagani. Et hoc {sic) apud Oadomum, Anno
incarnationis Dominice M°c°xxx. quinto.
[N. D.] 591. Charter of the empress Mathildis, daughter of the
(Cartulary, fo. 19.) king of the English {AngV) addressed to Richard the vicomte
and all her lieges of Argentan. She gives and grants to Robert
Loricarius in inheritance, for himself and his heirs, a messuage
(mansuram terre) in the street of Caen (vico Cadwmensi) free
from watche.s etc. so that if impleaded for that land he need
not reply.
Testibus : Reginaldo fratre meo, et Guid[one] de Sableio, et
Alexandre de Bohom
[1156-1160.] 592. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Cartulary, fo. i8d.) Rouen and all his officers of Normandy. He confirms the above
charter of the empress, and grants whatever has been given by
William count of Ponthieu, and John his son and his other
barons and lieges of Normandy. And he directs that all their
corrody and demesne substance is to be free of dues etc. . . .
T[estibu8] domina Imperatrix {sic), et PhUippo Baiocensi, et
Arnulfo Lexoviensi, et Jlotrodo Ebjroicensi, et Henrico^ Abrincensi
episcopis, et WiUelmo Cum[in], et Willelmo de Helioue. Apud
Rothomagum.
1 Reciius ; " Herberto."
208 ABBEY OF ST. ANDR^-EN-GOUFFEKN.
[1151-1154.] 593. Charter of the empress Mathildis, daughter of king
(Archives of the Henry, addressed to all etc. of Aigentan and all Normandy.
Trans. Vol. II! fo. 29. ^*^^ '^® souls of her father Idng Henry and of her husband
Cartularj', fo. 18.) Count Geoffrey of Anjou, and for her weal and that of her son
Henry duke of the Normans and of her other sons, she gives
the monks of St. Andrew of Gouffern, near Falaise, 46 shillings
and 6 pence in money of the Roumois {Rom,esinoru7n}), which
used to be paid annually from the granary (granaria^) of Mont-
garoult (Mons Guarulfi), on their own land to the vicomU of
Argentan, that sum is henceforth to be applied to their own
uses, nor is any demand to be made on them for its payment.
Testibus: Huberto de Vall[ibus*]; Willelmo de Heliun* ;
Herberto clerico ; Hugone medico ; Rogero capellano. Apud
Rothomagum.
Portions of seal in red wax on tag of green silk.
[1158-1162.] 594. Charter of Henry II. giving to St. Mary of Gouffern
(Archives of the and Drogo Anselem its founder and all the brethren there
Tran/ Vol II Serving God .... from his revenue from Argentan 10
fo. 30.) pounds every year, and the same from his forest of Gouffern
etc and the land of St. Leonard of Gouffern which
his mother the empress bought f loni the monks of St. Pierre-
sur-Dive, as their charter testifies.
Testibus : Thoma cancellario ; Maness[ero] Biset dapifero ;
et Richardo de Lucy, et Roberto de Donstan villa, et Stephano
de Bellocampo. Apud Argentonum.
1154, 26 Aug. 595. Charter of John count of Eu (Augensis) granting and
((Original in restoring to Roger de Molbraio the whole fief which his father
^'xrans. v^.Tl*""" ^^Id from the count's father at Bazoches (Basece) and, further,
fo 33.) giving him those 20 pounds to which the count was entitled and
used to receive from Roger's father for that fief. In considera-
tion of this, Roger has given the count a charger (dextrarium)
and 60 pounds of Anjou.
Tes[tibus^] : Roberto de Sancto Petro ; Henrico Hose ;
Guidone de Boveincurt ; Fretello de Sancto Hylario ; Roberto
de Gillemercurt ; Hugone de Gurnaio ; Galeranno vicecomite
Lexoviensi ; Roberto de Buzi ; Olivei'o de Auge et Savarino
f ratre ejus : Roberto de Crevecort ; Henrico de Rumera ;
Radulfo de Meholdihi, et Willelmo fratre ejus. Anno ab incar-
natione Domini m^Cl"!!!!" vij. kal. Septembris .... duce
Normannorum Henrico.
[Circ. 1160.] 596. Charter of Roger de Mobraio and Nigel his son
(Original in archives addressed generally. They grant to the monks of St. Andrew
°Tr^n° Voi.'ll!'^' ^f Gouffern quittance [of dues] on all their property, when
fo!34. buying, selling, or traversing their land in England or Nor-
Cattulary, fo. 23.) mandy. They do this for the weal of their souls and those of
their relatives, and they enjoin on their posterity to ratify
' " Bomanoium " in Transcript. ^ ? gravaria. ^ Trans. : " Walle."
4 Trans. . " Heluin." - Trans. . " Teste."
ABBEY OF ST. ANDIlE-EN-GOUFFERN. 209
[Circ. 1160.]
what they have done, and threaten with their wrath anyone
who troubles the monks therein.
Testibus : Koberto capellano ; Ricardo Bateri ; Radulfo de
Bel veer; Kadulfo do Meisheldin, et Guillelmo fratre suo. A pud
Basocbas fuit factum breve.
1166. 597. Charter of William Pantulf of Samella, his wife
(Original in Burga, and his ihree sons William, Roger, and Philip, granting
" T "ans' Vofn '""' to the abbey of St. Andrew the land of Samella, to hold for
fo. 31.) ever free of all secular rent and service etc for the
weal of their souls. William makes this grant in chapter of
the monks and places it on the altar by a book.
Testes sunt : Willelmus Bastardus filius mens ; Robertus
Grenullun ; Radulfus clericus ; Robertus Moschet. Anno incar-
nationis Dominice M''C°LX''yi°.
[1168.] 598. Charter of Robert de Montfort, notifying that Robert
(Oiiginai in do BretteviUe and Roger son of Guarin, his son-in law, have
^'uw Vol n!°"'gi^"en the abbey of St. Mary and St. Andrew of Gouffem the
fo.3i.) land of Gilbert the priest etc He, therefore,
grants that whatever the abbey was holding there, of liis fee,
in the year 1168 shall belong to it in alms for ever. This he
does at the prayer of the above Robert and Roger, saving the
king's service, which will be performed by the donors of the
endowment.
Hii testes : Savarius ; Radulfus filius Savarii ; Willelmus de
Bruecort ; Galfridus de Asneriis ; Hugo Bigot ; Ricardus de
Boneboz ; Ricardus Caperun ; Rogerus Boismoret, et alii.
[Circ. 1170.] 599. Charter of Nigel de Molbraio addressed to the bishop
(Original in of Coutances and to all his men, French and Englisli. He gives
^■"Trans v^ T^^' t^e abbot and all the convent of St. Andrew [of Gouffern]
fo. 34.) the whole tithe of his mills at Molbraium and Beslon and
Belmaisnil and the tithe of the pannage of his park, in alms for
ever, for the souls of his father and mother and for his weal.
Testes : Radulfus clericus ; Willelmus Malerba ; Radulfus de
Belveer ; Willelmus de Alenchun ; Willelmtis de Torignei ;
Albericus de Alenchun ; Radulfus Bufart, et alii.
[1169-1175.] 600. Charter of Henry II. granting to the abbey of St.
(Original [almost Andrew of Gouffem and the monks there serving God all
'"of lh?Cai"aoi^^' that William count of Ponthieu (Pontivi) its founder and
Trans. Vol. II. others have given it.
fo. 30.) Testibus : Henrico episcopo Baiocensi ; Frogero episcopo
Sagiensi ; Guillelmo de Curci ; Gaufrido de Lucy ; Johanne de
Solineio.' Apud Argentonum.
Seal injured, on parchment tag.
[1189-1190.] 601. Letter of John, son of William count of Ponthieu
(ArcliivesofManclie.(Po'ni'im) addressed to Richard I. the seneschal of Normandy
^*fo ^5°) "' ^^^ *'^ °*^®'' officers of the king. Hearing that R. de Cais-
neseque seeks to have a recognition of such investiture and
' Trans. : " Solenges."
e 92684. O
210 ABBEY OF ST. ANDRE-EN-GOUFFEEN.
[1189-1190.]
seizin as liis brother Tostin de Perdita Villa had of certain land
held of the writer by Roger Corbet, in the vill of Croceium, as
his own lawful heritage; be notifies that Tostin, by inheritance
from whom the land is claimed, held nothing therein but the
custody of the land for a few days as Roger's servant (famulus).
[He knows this] because no one could possess, or put another in
possession of that land, which is under his lordship, without his
license.
1190, 15 Jan. 602. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He gives
(Cartulary, fo. 19.) quittance of pannage in his forest of Gouffem by Argentan to
the abbey of St. Andrew of Goulfern and the brethren there,
for their demesne swine, with quittance of pasture [dues] for
all their animals.
T[estibus]: B[artholomeo] Turonensi archiepiscopo ; H[erberto]
Redonensi, M[auritio] Nannetensi, W[illelmo] Pictavensi epis-
copis ; fratre Milone elemosinario nostro. Datum per manum
Johannis de Alencon vicecancellarii nostri. Apud Andegavum
XV. die Januarii anno primo regni nostri.
(Original in archives 603. Inspeodmus by Henry [V.] at Rouen, April 3, 1420,
Tranf V^orif fo. 44.)Of the following :-
1190, 6 April. Charter of Richard I. confirming to St. Mary of GoufFem
and all the brethren there serving God, in alms for ever,
lands etc. [in Normandy], and further granting them the
whole revenue from all the foresters (bigrorwm) his father had
[in the forest of Gouffem] etc also ten pounds
yearly from his revenues at Argentan, and the same from his
forest of Gouffem, etc and, of the gift of William
de Mandeville, earl of Essex, the houses of Blancfosse, etc.
. . . . and of the gift of Ala de Saxichevilla sister of
Robert de Dana 10 shillings which Roger del Clos was bound
to pay her annually at the fair (rmindinas) of Montmartin ;
and the church of St. Mary" del Repos and 14 acres of land
given by Fulc de Aunou, who also gave the tithe of his mill at
Aunou [and] twenty shillings of Anjou at Chaumont, annually
on the first Sunday in Lent.
Testibus : Bartolomeo Turonensi archiepiscopo A[lienoira]
regina Anglie ; Hugone Dunelm[ensii], Hugone Constanciensi,
He[r]berto,Sarisberiensi,^Lisiardo Sagiensi, episcopis ; Guillelmo
Marescallo ; Guillelmo filio Adelini^ ; Guillelmo de Sancte Marie
Ecclesia, decano. Data per manum Johannis de Alencon Lexo-
viensis archidiaconi vicecancellarii nostri sexta die Aprilis, apud
Argenthomum, anno primo regni nostri.
1190, [?] 1 Oct. 604. Notification by John, son of William count of Ponthieu
(Original in archives that Robert Corbet haslet (locavit) to the monks of St. Andrew
Parlh^entl^ag for ^°^ ^^ years all his demesne at droeeium and all the men who
seal.) held of him, etc the condition being that the
' Trans. : " Dunelin." 2 « Sarfsbery " in Transcript.
^ Trans. : '• Adelinse."
ABBEY OF ST. ANDRE-EN-GOUFFEEN. 211
llflO.
monks pay him 10 pounds of rent yearly for that land [that is]
30 pounds every three years, etc At the end of
20 years Robert is to have his land. The term begins in the
year 1191, that is, in the second year after (in quo) Richard
king of the English was crowned, on St. Remy's day, etc. . .
Testibus : Gervasio capellano meo ; Willelmo de Seran ;
Roberto de Nuilleio ; Roberto de Gaurenda ; Roberto de Logis ;
Gaufrido de Berceio ; et pluribus aliis.
[N. D.] 605. Charter of Robert son of count John [of Ponthieu]
(Original in notifying that Hernulf de Ponte has in his presence, abjured
Trfns!vL\"iLfo!43: *« ^^^ "^"^^^ ^^o ^^^^s of land, etc and all those
Cartulary, fo. 14.; dues wliich he had presumed to claim from them on the
strengtli of a certain forged (false) charter which he had made
[for use] against them. This charter William son of Ralf
seneschal of Normandy, looked at with his own eyes and
found to be wholly false. And the monks delivered Hernulf
out of the hands of the king's justices and from that danger of
death which he feared for forging that charter.
Testibus his : Roberto de Nuilleio ; Garino de Nuilleio ;
Odone Cotinel ; Hugone et Roberto^ de Arablis ; Radulfo
Bufart ; Gervasio capellano, et aliis pluribus.
1191, Mich. 606. Notification that John son of William de Vado, and
(Original in archives Adam his brother have given the monks of St. Andrew [of
'ftl^^Vc^*!! GoufFem] the presentation to the church of Fresnay-la-mere,
fo. a'e.) and whatever they had in fee of the whole tithe of Fresnay,
saving the service of Gilo de Baillol their lord.
Hoc autem concesserunt coram Justic[iariis] domini Ricardi
regis Anglie ad Scaquarium Sancti Michaelis, anno secundo
postquam dominvfs rex Ricardus et Phillipus rex Francie
perrexerunt in Jerusalem. Teste Willelmo filio Radulfi senes-
callo Normannie.
[1198-1204.] 607. Charter of Robert, earl of Leicf ster, giving to the monks
(Archives of Manche. of St. Andrew of Gouffern the land of Mesmontous, entire,
^™o*4o^' ^^ with all its appurtenances, which they held by gift of his
father earl Robert and his mother Petronilla and by that of
Ralf de Sancto Hylario and William his brother, and Thomas
their nephew (nepos) heirs of that land, as was found (recog-
nitum) by the oath of many lawful knights of that province
and as the boundary marks were placed round that endowment ;
also, in alms for ever, free transit, coming and going for all
their stock, through his said wood from their house in tlie
forest of Gouffern. He also grants them the gift by Mathew
de Belmes, and William his brother, and Ralf son of Mathew,
of two [out of three] tithe sheaves at Belmes of the fee of
Grentemaisnil.
' Omitted in Cartulary.
o 2
212 ABBEY OF ST. ANDRE-EN-GOUFFERN.
[1198-1204.]
Testibus his : Domino Rogero episcopo Sancti Andree de
Scotia ; Gilleberto de Minieris ; Johanne de Alba via ; Gaufrido
de Herupa ; Radulfo de Sancta Maria : Willeliiio meo capellano ;
Hernulfo de Maena ; Johanne de Hosa ; Andrea de Occagnes,
et aliis multis.
[N. D.] 608. Charter of Gnndred (Gondrea) lady of La Fert^ Mac^
(C>riginai in archives ((^g Feritate), giving to the monks of St. Andrew of Gouffem
Trans.^Vol!'ir. sixty shillings [in money] of Le Mans to be taken annually from
fo. 3G.) the rents of her prh'SU and mills at Berlou which rents at Berlou
her son William de Feritate gave her in exchange, at Caen at
the king's Exchequer, in the time of Richard king of England
and William son of Ralf seneschal of Normandy, she having
given him for it Hauleoide which Fulc Pagnel gave her in
free marriase. Out of those sixty shillings the monks are to
have, annually, a pittance of bread, wine and fish, on Michaelmas
day, so long as she lives, and after her death, on the date of
her anniversary.
213
ABBEY OF ST. JEAN DE FALAISE,
POR PREMONSTRATENSIAN CANONS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP SEES.
[Original Documents in Archives of the Galvados.]
1132. 609. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the archbishop of
(Original in Rouen and all his officers and lieges of England and Normandy.
Trans Vol "T fo 3 ) ^^ gives the hospital of Falaise and the brethren, clerk and
lay, there serving, for the remission of his sins and the weal of
his parents' souls, his mill at Falaise, which Goinfrid constructed
and a piece of land in the fair field (in campo ferie). And he
confirms to it all the land and houses and ovens (furnos) and
gold and silver and rents and everything else which Goinfrid
granted it in England and Normandy and in the town of
Falaise, and everything given or to be given lawfully ; and
Robert son and heir of Goinfrid has granted, in his presence, all
his father's gifts He has taken under his own protection the
hospital and brethren and all belonging to it, and frees it from
all toll and passage, money and dues, etc. etc. for ever, through-
out his kingdom of England and duchy (ducaium^) of Normandy.
[All] this is confirmed by the letters of his worshipful father
pope Innocent.
Testibus : Rogero epi.'-copo Saresberiensi ; H[enrico] episcopo
Wintoniensi ; Alexandre episcopo Lincoln ensi ; G[aufrido]
cancellario ; Roberto de Sigillo, et R[oberto] comite Glocestrie
filio meo, et W[illelmo] comite Warenne, et Hugone Bigot
dapifero, et Uiiifrido de Buhun dapifero, et R[oberto"''] de Curci
dapifero, et G[aufrido] filio Pag[ani^], et M[ilone] Glocestrie, et
P[agano] filio Johannis, et Rfirardo] Basset, et A[lberico] de
[Ver.*] Apud Marendonam. Anno ah incarnatione Dominice
millesimo centesimo tricesimo secundo.
1133. 610. Charter of Henry I. [as king of the English and duke
(Original in of the Normans] addressed to the archbishop of Rouen and all
Trans VoMT^fo 4 ) ^'^ officers and lieges. He [as king of the English and of
Normandy] gives for the weal of the souls of his father and
mother, his relatives (parentes) and his sons and for the ren)is-
sion of his sins and the [good] estate and safety of his realm,
to the church of St. John the Baptist and the hospital of
Falaise, founded by Goinfrid, and the clerks there serving God,
' Trans. : " ducatus." ^ Xrans. ; " Kicardo." ' Trans. . " Paganclli."
■* Now erased.
214 ABBEY OF ST. JEAN DE FALAISE.
1133. ~
according to the rule of the blessed Augustine, for their use
and that of Christ's poor, whom they may receive there, the
mill etc. [as in the preceding charter].
CoUaudata quoque omnium subscriptorum consilio. T[estibus^]:
Rogerio episcopo Saresb[iriensi], et Henrico episcopo Winton-
iensi, et Alexandre episcopo Lincolnensi, et Johanna episcopo,
Saeii (sic), et Adel[ulfo] episcopo Carlolensi ; Algaro episcopo
Con.st[ancie] (sic) ; Safr[edo] episcopo Cicestrensi ; EudcTlie
abbate Cadom[ensi] ; Gaufrido Cancellario ; Roberto de Sigillo ;
Roberto comite Glocestrie filio meo, et Willelmo comite
Warenne, et Roberto comite Legrecestrie ; H[enrico] episcopo^
Augensi ; Hugone Bigoto ; R[oberto] de Curci, et Umfrido de
Buhum, et R[oberto] de Ver, et M[ilone] Glocestrie, et G[au-
frido] filio Pagani, et Pag[ano^] filio Johannis, et A[Iberico]
de Ver, et Ric[ardo] Basset, et Hamone de Falesia, et Henrico
de Pom[eria], et Willelmo Glastonie. Apud Wintoniam,* anno
ab incarnatione dominica M°C°xxx. tercio. In Christo con-
summata feliciter.
[1137.] 611. Charter of Stephen addressed to the archbishop of
, (Original in Rouen and all his oflScers and lieges of Normandy, notifying
Trans ^Voi'' II "^foT) ^^** Robert son of Goinfrid has allowed St. John and his
canons of Falaise to hold definitely (Jinaliter) in alms all that
his father Goinfrid had given them in his lifetime. And this
he has done for 35 marcs of silver which he has received for
it. And for further security he has pledged his faith {affidavit),
to the king, by consent of his heirs that he would keep to this
[agreement], in the presence of John bishop of Lisieux.
T[estibus]^ eodem Johanne episcopo Lexoviensi, et R[ogero]
cancellario, R[oberto] de Corel ; Vig' ^ de Sai ; et R[?icardo] de
Falcanvilla, et Erneis Multone, et Gervasio Cornet, et Will-
elmo Francigena, et Vitale filio Amerland, et fratribus suis.
Apud Falesiam.
[1150-1151.] 612. Charter of Henry, duke of the Normans^ addressed
(Original in to all in Normandy, confirming the grants to the hospital of
Tvtn^VoX^'uAol) ^^''alaise in the charters of Henry I.
Teste {sic) Willelmo cancellario, Alexandre de Bo[hu]n ;
Roberto de Curci ; Guy de Sable ; Jordano Tesson^ ; W[iUelmo]
marescallo ; Radulfo de Pomeria. Data^" apud Falesiam.
1157. 613. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Original in Rouen and all in England and Normandy. He gives and
T,anrvoril!fo°?:) confirms {ut supra) to the hospital of Falaise his mills at
Falaise, which were Goinfrid's, and the fair land and whatever
1 Trans.; "Teste." 2 ^^^^^ . « somite."
3 Trans. : " Paganello." ' Trans. : " Wintomaor."
* Now in archives of the Calvados. 6 Trans. : "Teste."
^ This and preceding name omitted in Transcript. It is clear that " Vig " is a,
jnisreading (through "uig") for " ing[elrEimo]," an error which proves that the
text is derived.
^ Wrongly assigned by D'Anisy to Henry I. » Trans. : " Taisson "
'» Trans. -. " Datum."
ABBEY OP ST. JEAN DE FALAISB. 215
1157.
they need in his wood of Gufem, at Argentan, for firing and
building, and a fair yearly at Michaelmas, with [the] passage
[money], to begin three days before, and close three days after
the feast, like his fair on the feast of St. Gervase, free [from
payment] both within and without his castle of Falaise, both
coming and going, and the chapel of Vilers and the land, given
them by Hugh de Merlaio and William de Grentmesnil and
other prudhommes of that vill ; and the land given by Roger
de Monbraio and Philip de Basochiis and Fulk his brother,
and the church of Coiivrigny, and the land given by Emesius
Aries and William his son, and the lands and houses of
William Broldus, " fratris nostri," and his wife at Falaise and
Condeum, and the land given them by William de Maigneio.
And he confirms the gifts of Goinfrid {ut sv/pra) and takes his
brethren {fratres meos) of the hospital under his protection, etc.
Collaudata omnium subscriptorum consilio. Testibus Philippo
episcopo Baiocensi ; Eruulfo episcopo Lexoviensi ; Girardo epis-
copo Sagiensi ; Rotro (sic) episcopo Ebroicensi ; Thoma cancel-
lario ; Ricardo constabulario ; Guarino filio Giroldi ; Manessier
Biset ; Roberto de Novo Burgo ; Ricardo de Luceio ; Henrico
[de] Pomeria ; Willelmo Patric ; Roberto de Curceio ; Willelmo
de Augiervilla. Apud Falesiam. Anno ab incarnatione
dominica MOCOLVII°. In Christo consummata feliciter.
1200, 18 July. 614. Charter of John addressed generally. For the weal
(Original in of his soul and thosc of his father and mother, his predecessors
Trai^'^Voi?ll^fo'°9 S ^^^ successors, and for the [good] estate and safety of his realm,
he confirms all the gifts in the above charters and those of
Richard Giffard, Hamo de Cumeaus, Alvred son of Bernard and
his sisters, Beatrice de Rivers, Theobald de Mulines, Hugh de
Raveton, Nigel de Monbray, William de Curcy, Fulk de Basoch',
Ralf de Pomeria, and Jethlan (Jethlani) his son, all in
Normandy.
Hiis testibus : Eustachio Eliensi episcopo ; Willelmo Maris-
callo comite de Pembroc ; Petro de Pratellis ; Warino de Glapiun ;
Willelmo de Stagno. Datum per mauum Henrici Cantuar-
[iensis^] (aic) archiepiscopi (sic), apud Aurivall[um] xviij. die
Julii, anno regni nostri primo.
' Now in archives of the Calvados. ^ Trans. ; " Cantuarie."
216
MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS :
CALVADOS.
[Cartulaire de Normandie in Public Library of Bouen.]
1158, 2 Nov. 615. Bull of pope Adrian IV. addressed to Guy abbot of
(Cartulaire de Qt. Sever in Valle Viri and his brethren of the monastery, present
Normandie, fo. 33.) j^j^^j fy^^j,^ He Confirms to them .... in England,
Hetham^ v,'ith its appurtenances, the churches of Grahan,
Raduella, Brenetebi,^ Halton, Watintone, Takalege, with their
tithes and appurtenant land, four hides of land at Hengestrie,
the church of Lifiden, with its tithes and land, i he tithe of
Bladecumba, of Fillefort, of Fissentona, and of Bicentona ; the
church of Culuutune with its tithes and land; in Barn the
land of one villein (rusticus) and the church with its land ; the
tithe of Farlestorp ; in Walbruna the land of two villeins and
the tithe ; in Kelinges the land of one, and the tithe ; iu
Carlentuna the tithe ; in Lingeilande the land of one, and the
tithe; in Frameldena, the same; in Clistune the land of one
and the third [tithe] sheaf of the earl's demesne, and of other
tithes (sic) the whole tithe ; in Rapenduna, likewise, the tithe
of all deerskins {coriis cervorum) ; the tithe of Caslesbi ; the
tithe of one plough[land] at Suabi ; the tithe of Testelesbi ;
half the tithe of Wella, the tithe of Lecceburne, of Hesdresham,
of Totele, of Brocesbi, of Holtuna, and of Prestewald ; the
tithes of William braconarius, of Pontius, of Ernelius, of Arnuif,
of Hubert, and of Wicard. Those tithes which they enjoy iti
the parishes of other churches and have enjoyed in peace and
undisturbed for forty years, he allows to them. No diocesan
bishop shall have power to forbid divine service in their church
except when the whole land is under interdict or for other
manifest CKUse etc. etc.
Datum Laterani per manum Roland[i]sancte Romane ecclesie
presbiteri cardinalis et cancellarii iiij. Non. Novembris, Indic-
t[ione] vij. incariiationis Dominice anno M''C°L°V1II°, pontificatus
vero domini Adriani pape IV. anno liii°.''
[1151-1154.] 616. Charter of Henry, by the grace of God, duke of the
(Original in archives j^ormans [and] count of the Angevins, addressed to all his
"'^Seal'brS.'''' officers. He grants to the monks of Fontenay (Fontenetum)
Trans. Vol. II. freedom from all dues as well in Normandy as in Anjou and
fo. 13.) England {sic), throughout his dominions on all their property.
Ten pounds penalty for infraction.
' Rectius : " Hecham." " Mectius : " Bernetebi."
' Not in Jaffe. '' NoTV missing.
MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS : CALVADOS. 217
[1151-1154,.]
[1166-1181.J
(Cartalaire de
Normandie,
fos. 49, 59.
Trans. 132.)
[1189.]
(Cartulaire de
Normandie, fo. 43.
Trans. 487.)
[?1180.]
(Cartulaire de
Normandie, fo. 11.)
[1166-1189.]
(Cartulaire de
Normandie, fo. 546.
TraES. 131.)
Testibus hiis : cancellario Ricardo (sic) ; Jordane Taxone ;
Roberto filio Emesii ; Radulfo de Pomeria ; Ricardo de Haia ;
Engelgero^ de Bohun. Apud Argentonum.
617. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He confirms
to Hugh de Laci and his heirs the donation of Robert count of
Mellent, namely the whole honour of Le Pin (Pinus), [details
specified] to be held of him and his heirs by the service of two
knights, according to his charter. Hugh is to hold as Robert
de Pinu and Odard and Walter held. For this donation Hugh
has given William 200 pounds of Anjou.
Testibus hiis : Roberto de Queti etc. (sic). Apud Nonancuriam.
618. Charter of Walter de Lacey notifying that he has given
to Durand de Pinu for his services to his father, his brother,
and himself, the whole of his land of Montornium, with all its
appurtenances to be held for ever, by hereditary right, from
him and his heirs by Durand and his beiis, for which gift
Durand has done homage to him, and has acquitted him of ten
pounds rent in money of Angers which he enjoyed by the gift
of Hugh de Lacey his father, at Hoesville in a cer-tain mill and
in tenants (hominibus) who were his sworn men thereof (inde
sui jurati).
Hiis vero testibus ; domino Willelmo electo domini regis
Anglie cancellario, et pluribus aliis.
619. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He gives to
Geofirey his goldsmith, of Caen, his stall at Caen where fish and
bread is soLi in front of the church of St. Peter de Darnestal, to
be held by him and his heirs of the king and his heirs for the
annual rent of 60 shillings of Anjou to be paid at the Michaelmas
exchequer, with all the privileges belonging to that stall.
T[estibus] : Willelmo filio Radulfi senescallo Normannie ;
Gilleberto filio Renfridi ; Hamone pincerna ; Johanne filio
Luc[e] ; Waltero filio Turstini ; Petro Saraceno. Apud Cesaris-
burgum.
620. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
Rouen and all his lieges of Normandy. Geoffrey son of Mabel,
in the king's presence and by his permission, has given to Hamo
pincerna, the king's serjeant, his daughter Agnes to wife,
with all his inheritance in land and money, and with all his
right in purchases and rightful acquisitions and all else, of
whosesoever fee they be, except what Geoffrey had previously
given to his elder daughters as marriage portion (in maritagium).
He [the king] grants to Hamo and his heirs by the said Agnes
all these things. They are therefore to hold as Geoffrey himself
or any of his ancestors held.
Testibus hiis : Henrico episcopo Baiocensi, etc, Apud Burura.
1200 7 Feb. ®21. Charter of John for Hamo pincerna.
(Cartulaire de Cort, p. 36a.
Normandie, . Ti-ans. 185.)
Printed in Mot.
Trans. • " Engelgerano."
218
ABBEY OF ST. EVROUL,
POR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP LISIEUX.
[Original Documents in Archives of the Orne. Cartulary,
MS. Lat. 11,055, 11,056; and Charter roll,^ in Bihliotheque
Nationale?']
[1099.] 622. Charter of Richer de Aquila, son of Ingenulf de Aquila.
(MS. lat. 11,056, He grants the monks of St. Evroul whatever Ingenulf his
^OrdlrfcusVifaHi? f^^J^^^ ^^'^ ^^^ liegemen and his own liegemen (fideles homini)
V. 195.) had given them, namely the church of Laigle {Aquilevilla) and
all that vill with quittance of cornage, and passage [money] and
tholl and dues on all their food and raiment and that of their
own servants whom they feed ; at Cisai (Giseium) the tithe of
the mill of Coisel ; at Aspres the tithe given them by Walter
de Aspris with the metairie he gave them at Auguaise (Augesa) ;
at Auhe (Alba) the tithe given them by Fromund de Alba ; at
Poileium, half the church and churchyard, with a third of the
tithe, given them by Ernald de Bosco Fulberti, his man.
Presentibus dominis : Gilleberto scilicet Lexoviensi, Gilleberto
Ebroicensi, Serlone Sagiensi episcopis, ipso die quo ecclesiam
sancti Ebrulfi ipsi tres dedicaverunt. Testibus domina matre
mea Richoereda, Gilleberto et Roberto fratribus meis, Judiht
uxore mea, filia Ricardi de Abrincis et sorore Hugonis comitis
Cestrensis et aliis multis apud Sanctum Ebrulfum in die
dedicationis ipsius ecclesie.
[1127-8.] 623, Charter of Henry I. [as king of England and duke of
(MS. lat. 11,055, Normandy] addressed generally. At the request of beloved lieges,
fo. 21.) Robert de Grentemesnil and Robert de sancto Serenico he
confirms to abbot Garin and the monks of St. Evroul all the
endowments which they, their lieges (fideles) or their progenitors,
Hugh and Robert de Girentemesnil have given [specified].
Testibus : G[odefredo] Rothomagensi archiepiscopo ; W[in-
elmo] comite Pontivi ; Nigello de Albigneio ; Roberto de
Grente[mesnil] ; Roberto Geroiano ; Patricio de Chahorcis ; Goel
de Ivreio ; W[illelmo] de Sacio.* Apud Rothomagum.
' See Delisle's Melanges de Paleographie et de Bibliographie (1880), p. 477.
2 M. d'Anisy's Transcripts are restricted to the documents in the archires of
the Orne.
' Ed. Societe de I'hlstoire de Prance. ■• Bectius : " Saieo."
ABBEY OF ST. EVROUL.
219
[1113.] 624. Charter of Henry I. [as king of England and duke of
(Original in Normandy] addressed generally. He confirms to St. Evroul
Trans'^Vol^Lfo 20 Certain benefactions in Normandy.
Also MS. lat. 11,055, Hanc autem donationis cartulam ego H[enricus] rex scribi
fo. 18</. [wUhout feci anno quo comes Andegavensis mecum pacem fecit et
'from the CartSary Cenomannum de me, mens homo factus, recepit, et confirmavi
in Ordericus Vitalis atque confirmo in turre Rothomagensi, presentibua istis quorum
V. 196.) nomina et signa subterscripta. [Signa] regis Henrici, Goiftredi
Rothomagensis archiepiscopi, [Rqberti] Comitis de Mellent,
Nigelli de Albineio, Comitis Ricardi [de Cestra], Huelli de
Ivreio, Willelmi Pevrelli, Willelmi de Sai, Rogerii de Tiebou-
divilla, Willelmi de la Lunda, Walteri de Vernone, Rodberti
filii Anchetilli, Willelmi filii ejus, Patricii de Chaorcis, Rodberti
filii Regis, Willelmi Bigot.
IGirc. 1080.]
(MS. lat. 11,056,
fo. 26 dors.
See Ordericus
Vitalis V. 180.)
[1124-1135.]
(Lat. 11,056,
fo. 25rf.)
[? 1124-1135.]
(Cartulary,
MS. lat. 11,055,
fo. 21.
See Ordericus
Vitalis V. 200.)
625. Charter of Ralf de Conchis son of Roger de Toneio.
Wishing to do what is right to the abbot and monks of St.
Evroul in return for his having assisted Ernald de Eschaufo
when he burnt their town, he gives them two measures
(agripennas) of vineyard at Toeni (Toneiv/ryi), for perpetual
masses for his weal, with other lands [in Normandy] ; and in
England Alvintona in the county of Worcester, with its church
and with all his forest of Wyre, and all he had therein, save
his enclosure (haia) at Beitone ; and in the county of Noi-folk,
a carucate of land, with its appurtenances, in Caldecote, And
he wills that his heirs should defend all his gifts against all
folk, and should any of them resist these, the curse of God,
and of all the saints, and his own, be upon them.
Hujus donationis mee testes : Rogerus de Clara ; Galterus
de Hispannia ; Guillelmus de Paceio ; Robertus de Remileio ;
Geroldus Gastinellus ; Gillebertus Toroldi filius ; Rogerus de
Mucegros, et Galterus de Calvo Monte, et multi alii.
626. Charter of Henry I. [as king of England and duke of
Normandy] addressed generally. He confirms to the abbot
and monks of St. Evroul a house in the chief street of Falaise
(Falesia) near the shambles (macellum) between the houses
of William Francise and Garin de Hispania at the request of
William de Magneto and his wife, to whose marriage portion
it belonged. Gervase Cornet of whom it was held (movebat)
grants this before him.
Testibus Johanne Sagiensi episcopo ; Nigello de Albine (sic).
Apud Falesiam.
627. Charter of Henry I. [as king of England, and duke
of Normandy] addressed generally. At the entreaty of his
beloved and faithful Nigel de Albigneio, he grants to the abbot
and monks of St. Evroul two-thirds of the tithe of Villez
(Villare), namely of sheaves, of flax, hemp, vegetable gardens,
orchards, and all that should rightly be tithed, given by Nigel,
No longer there now.
220
[n 124-1135.]
ABBEY OF ST. EVROUL.
and granted and confirmed by the king, so that they render
service for it to God alone. He also grants and confirms the
agreement, made before him, between them and Nigel as to
Culleium on the Orne (Olna). The abbot and monks have
granted him whatever they possessed there by gift of the
lords of Grentmesnil (Gretesmenil), to be held of them in fee
and inheritance, except the church, with two-thirds of its
tithes and of the mills, so that by their hand (manum) and
summons, the said Nigel shall do the service of one knight,
due thence to himself in his affairs (negociis) and hosts; and for
the relief (relevamentum terre) and crown services and such
[things] as may be granted to the abbey by himself or his
heirs, the abbot and monks shall exercise jurisdiction {justiciam,
suam facere) as often as they deem fit, nor shall Nigel or his
heir impose on the knights or other men of that vill any
custom[ary service]s but those they were bound to render to
the abbot and monks ; and should complaints be made on this
point, the abbot and monks shall do justice on him there till
he makes fitting amends. So also with all other forfeitures and
amends due from Nigel to the abbots and monks.
Testibus me ipso, Ricardo Baiocensi, et Johanne Lexoviensi
episcopi.«, et Nigello de Albigneio. Apud Cadomum.
[1140-1157.] 628. Charter of Simon count of Evreux, confirming the
(MS. Latin 11,055, establislAment, in his fortress (castrd) of Noion for a monastery
"■ '^ granted by his predecessors to the monks of St. Evroul. He
grants to them all the endowments they have received of the
gift of his grandfather count William and Helvisa his wife
all the count's land in England, which had been
given him by king William who conquered (conquisivit)
England, namely the church of Henrhet and all that he held
in that vill ; all that he held at (in) Borchillberia, Siffleth,
Grafetona, Bouhelanda and Bibleiia; at Aldintona a hide of
land, and all that he held at (in) Baldintona and Chilbehcrt,
and Mildeconba ; and a hide (hildam) of land at (in) Molintona,
and all that he held at (in) Bodicota and Bocota, and Colecota,
Donetrop, and Senenella ; at Pessemere one hide (hildam) of
land. He also gave the tithe of his land which king Henry
had given him in England, namely Brefort, Teodeorda and the
manors belonging to it ; in Hauneia all that he had of the gift
of king William ; and in Normandy, etc
Testes : Hugo de Blachepuit ; Fulco capellanus ; Alexander
de Autoil; Hamericus de Boisseria.
[1124-1135.] 629. Charter of Henry I. as king of England and duke of
(Original in Normandy, addressed generally. At the prayer of William de
Trans Vo^rfo 205. Molendinis and Albereda his wife, he grants to the monks of
Also MS. lat. St. Evroul, free from all earthly service, etc. the church of
11,055, fo. i9rf. ; St. Lawrence de Molendinis and lands [specified]; also the
Printed fiom the church of St. Mary de Bonis Molendinis with the tithe, etc. ;
Cariulary ut supra, the church of St. Denis de Mahcru, with other gifts [specified] ;
p. 205.) and, of the fee of Hugh de Ferraria, and in the parish of
' No longer there now.
ABBEY OF ST. EVROUL. 221
[1124-1135.]
Eonceos two-thirds of the tithe of the fee of Walter de Veteri
Ponte ; also land in the parish of Sancta Golumba ; and all
their liberties as lield of his ancestors and of William and
Albereda his wife.
Testibus : Ricliardo Baiocensi, Johanne Lexoviensi, Johanne
Sagiensi episcopis, et Nigello de Albigneio, et Wilielmo de
Molendinis. Apud Cadomum.
[? 1124-1135.] 630. Charter of Henry I. addressed to all his barons and
(MS. lat. 11,056, lieges of Normandy. He grants to the abbot and monks of
See^Ordm-«« ^*- Evroul two-thirds of the tithe of Vilers which Nigel de
Vitalis V. 202.) Albineio has given them, namely two [out of three] tithe
sheaves from the demesne and the whole vill, and two -thirds of
the tithe of calves and lambs and porkers and of gardens in the
whole vill, and of cheese and wool and everything that ought
rightly to be tithed, and two-thirds of the tithe of the mill.
Testibus : Ricardo episcopo Baiocensi, et J[ohanne] episcopo
Luxoviensi, et Nigello de Albineio. Apud Cadomum.
[N. D.]- 631. Notification that Robert of Roelent and his brother
(Charter KoU of Roger gave to the monks of St. Evroul the whole church of
0^^riZ\ifall TeUiole, and all that they held in the church of Dambleinvilla,
V. 186-7.) and the priest, and all that they held in the church of Torneor,
and the priest, and the tithe of the mills and of all revenues
which they had or might have and the retithing {redeci/ma-
tionem) of their storehouses (promptuariorum).
Testes qui hoc audierunt et viderunt: Hugo filius Agnetis ;
Rogerius filius Alan de Scuris ; Rogerius filius Geroii ; Walterius
propositus.
William the butler (pincerna) son of Grimoud granted the
monastery of Teilliol to St. Evroul, with his tithe at Damblein-
villa, and the tithe of the above Robert, which he had at
Dambleinvilla. For [all] which his lord Robert gave him
compensation in England.
Hugh de Millay, to whom Grimoud had given his daughter,
and the church of Teilliol [as security] for 100 shillings till he
paid him that money, granted, with his wife and sons, the whole
to St. Evroul, for which Roger the son of Humfrey, brother of
Robert de Roelent, gave him the value of 60 shillings. Hugh,
with his wife and sons and his brother Razzo the dean, came
into the chapter -house of St. Evroul, and placed his grant on
the altar.
[N. D.] 632. [Notification that] Robert de Roelent gave to the
(/fiid.) monks of St. Evroul, in England the land of two ploughs and
twenty villeins and the church with the priest at Bivella, and the
vill of Chercabia with the church and priest and the church of the
Isle (Insule). He also gave in the city of Chester the church of
St. Peter of the market-place and three tenants (hospites). And,
that St. Evroul might peacefully possess all these as he gave them,
he came, before bis death, into the chapter [house] and confirmed
his grant in the presence of th$ convent. And with him were
222 ABBEY OF ST. EVROUL.
[N.D.]
Roger son of Geroicus, Duraud the frivot (prepositus), Burnol,
Osbern de Orgiariis, Walter the prdvot. These heard, and
witnessed for him his last grant in the chapter [house].
De nostra parte testes : Marscus ; Rainerius pincerna ; Hugo
Magnus.
In the time of abbot Roger, William son of the above
Robert^ came into the chapter-house one dajr, granted all that
his father had given St. Evroul, and made the grant by a book
[laid] on the altar.
Testes : Odo Rufus et filii ejus, Rogerius atque Gervasius ;
Godef ridus nutritor ejusdem Willelmi ; Willelmus Bulzon ; Hugo
filius Fulcoldi ; Osbernus pincerna ; Tanquere filius ejus ; Ger-
vasius famulus ; Rogerius de Sancta Maria ; Anschetillus frater
W. . . . ; Unsfr[i]dus portarius ; Herbertus Anglicus ; Rodulfus
Cornu ; Ragnulfus sutor ; Rotbertus filius ejus ; Goisfredus
Rufiis ; Willelmus del Maisnil. Signum Willelmi filii Rotberti
de Roelent.
[N. D.] 633. [Notification that] Humphrey de Merestona, in the
(/fcid.) chapter [house] of St. Evroul, gave the saint all his land in the
demesne of Danblain villa, and in England, the land of two
ploughs at Bivelle.
Affuerunt autem ibi Odo cocus, Rodbertus Anglicus, et
Herveus, et Guarnerius.
[1089-1135.] 634. Charter of William, earl of War[enne],^ addressed to all
(Original in archives, his bailifis and his men. He gives the monks of St. Evroul
s /?b^^ken freedom from all dues throughout all his land on their demesne
Trans. Vol. I. supplies,^ which their men can declare (affidare) to be their
fo. 262.) supplies (de mensa eorum).
Huic autem donationi et concessioni interf uerunt : I[sabella]
comitissa, efc Jordanus de Blossevilla, et Richoardus de Torcheio.
[1121-1129.] 635. Charter of Randulf (Bannulfus) earl of Chester
(Lat. 11,056, fo. 26.) addressed generally. He gives to the abbey of St. Evroul the
church of St. Martial, Croisilles (Gruaillis), with all its appur-
tenances, for ever, saving royal service. [He does this] for the
love of God, and for himself, and for the soul of his uncle [earl]
R[ichard] who gave it before him, and for those of all his pre-
decessors.
Test[ibus] : Roberto de Avrinc[is] ; Rad[ulfo] dapifero ;
Roberto Carbonel ; Ric[ardo] de Col' ; Roberto de Duse ;
Gisleherto de Avri[n]c[is] ; Rogero Baneista ; Ricardo de Giznai.
[1121-1129.] 636. Charter of Randulf (Rdnulfus) earl of Chester,
(Lat. 1 1,055, fo. 30.) addressed to all his lieges {fidelibus). For the weal of his soul
and his ancestors' he gives the abbot and monks of St. Evroul,
the church of Bifeilt, in England, in frankalmoin, [as] given
1 Eobert d. 1088.
2 " Comte. de Wares " erroneously in Inveniaire Sommaire.
' " de dominie sue de mensa sua " j but the Inventaire renders it " leur domaine
de Mensa."
ABBEY OF ST. EVEOUL. 223
[1121-1129.]
them by his predecessor (antecessor) Richard earl of Chester
with all its appurtenances and one carucate of land quit of
scutage and tallage {escuagio et tallalio) and all other earthly-
service ; also, in England, of the gift of Hugh earl of Chester,
a hide of land in little Pilardentona, and the tithe of Brichella
and a villein (rusticus) and the tithe of Sauleia in Bochinge-
hamscira ; of the gift of Robert de Roelent his man, the vill
of Cherchebia with two churches belonging to it, at Merestona
the church with the whole tithe and eight tenants (hospitibus)
and two carucates of land there, at Chester the church of
St. Peter of the market-place and three burgesses ; of the gift
of Roscelin, the earl's man, the whole tithe of sheaves, lambs,
and porkers at Stantona ; of the gift of Osbern " filius ceuxonis " ^
(sic), the tithe of Neobotha ; the tithes of Forefort and
Oxcamde, given by Baldric de Lindissi and the tithe of Brisard
" ad Lindissi," with the tithe of the land of Roger de Millaio
in Normandy ; the church of Croissiles, which Richard earl of
Chester gave them, with all its appurtenances, [with other
gifts, specified, in Normandy].
Test[ibus] Hug[one] Maubaent f Moraito de Lineriz ;
Ricardo filio Baldrici de Lindissi; Rogero de Combraio, et
aliis multis.
[1136-1144.] 637. Notification by Geoflrey count of the Angevins, son of
(Lat. ii,056,fo. 25rf.) Fulc, king of Jerusalem that he confirms to the monks of
St. Evroul possession of all that belonged to them in the time
of king Henry his predecessor. They are not to be impleaded
concerning them; and his friends wheresoever they may be,
are entreated to uphold and defend them.
[? 1166-7.] 638. Charter of Henry II., confirming to the abbot and
(Original in monks of St. Evroul free from all earthly service, whatever
^'Trir/-^']^!*' *'^®y ^^^^ ^* ^oli"^ ^^^ Bonmolins and in the bailiwick thereof,
fo. 210.) aud granting that aU their men there be quit of all dues, tolls,
1 Kectius :• "Tezsonis." ^ Rectius : " Maubaenc."
' The text and treatment of this charter require a special note. The " original,"
transcribed by D'Anisy, is in the liasse, H. 564, which contains, as stated in the
Inventaire Sommaire, two documents. One of these, which the compiler seems to
have overlooked, for he does not describe it, is au Inspeximus of this charter in
1400. The other is the charter itself, now much injured by gall, and in parts
almost illegible. The Inventaire gives a detailed analysis of it, but makes the
singular mistake of converting the benefactors, whose gifts are confirmed, into
witnesses, reading : " Temoins de Guillaume comte de Fouthieu, B. comte de
Leicester," etc. It also omits, among the true witnesses, the name of Robert
^ deHarecort. Lastly, it positively assigns the document, at the outset, to " 1176,"
but dates it at the close, as " vers 1170."
D' Anisy seems to have omitted in his Transcript, without giving any indication of
the fact, the important transactions relative to Roger de Bocquence, {ihe Inventaire
Sommaire reads " de Bachevent " in error] supplied on next page from the Cartulary;
and h» carelessly left out the words " de Harecort " in the list of witnesses, thus
misleading Mr. Eyton, who took " Robert " to be a brother of Godard de Vans
(pp. 22, 342).
Mr. Eyton himself, who assigned the charter, by a slip, to " St. Stephen's abbey
at Caen," held that it belonged to the end of 1156 or beginning of 1157.
Reference to his work wiU show that the witnesses fairly suggest that date. But
the name of Godard de Vans is the only real evidence, and that not conclusive.
The date is of importance, for if the charter belongs to 1156-7, it^ mention of the
22 L
[1156-7.]
ABBEY OF ST. EVEOUL,
tallies, aids, cartages (carriagiis), murages, and scutages, carry-
ing-services, ditching, and all other distraints from himself.
The abbot and monks are to enjoy therein all his own rights,
save the pleas of the sword (de spata); and all their food and
raiment is to be quit throughout his land of England and
Normandy and the comUs of Anjou and of Maine, especially in
sea-ports, from all dues, etc., under penalty of ten pounds. He
also contirms the gifts of William count of Ponthieu, Kobert
earl [of Leicester], G[aleran] count of Meulan {Mellenti),
William de Sancto Serenico, Simon count of Evreux, William
de Rumara, Richard de Altifago, Richer de Aquila, Richard
Fresnel, Walquelin de Ferrariis, and Amaury de Gaceio etc.
Teste me ipso; et Arnulfo Lexoviensi episcopo; Ricardo de
Humeto senescallo Normannie ; Roberto [de Harecort^], etGodardo
de Vaus. Apud Cadomum.
[?1156-7.] 639. Charter of Henry IE. addressed generally. He con-
(Lat. 11,055, firms to the abbot and monks of St Evroul their possessions
°' ' ^ in his castles of Molins and Bo[n]molins and their bailiwicks
[specified], also their privileges. And he confirms to the abbot
and monks the agreement between them and Roger de
Bauchenci, their knight, made in his presence, concerning a
mill at St. Evroul. And because a duel was waged (vadiatum)
between them concerning the services due from Roger to the
abbey for a knight's fee (feodum unius lor ice) at Bauchencay
and St. Nicholas and for a vavassoria of land, that duel has been
settled (concordatum) before him and Richard de Humeto his
senescal of Normandy in his Exchequer (Eschelcwrio) at Caen,
as follows : — Roger is to serve the abbot and monks, for the
knight's fee, with horse and arms in the king's host as often
as he shall be summoned by them at the king's commands, and
shall serve them also for tlie vavassoria. He also grants a
general confirmation of their possessions.
Teste me ipso, et Arnulfo Lexoviensi episcopo ; Ricardo de
Humeto senescallo Normannie, et Roberto de Harecort, et
Godardo de Vaus. Apud Cadomum.^
(Footnote — continued. )
Norman exchequer (which was not known to Mr. Eyton) was an exceptionally
early one. Much turns on the style of " seneschal " given to Eichard da Hommet.
Mr. Ejton, not unnaturally observed "read Constable," but that portion of the text
which was not known to liim, assigns to Eichard both the style and the position
of Seneschal, and D'Anisy had correctly copied the word. We know from a
Mont St. Michel document (No. 716) that Robert de Neufbourg was the Dapifer
(i.e , Seneschal) of all Normandy in 1157, and presided as such "in assisa apud
Cadomum " ; while he and bishop Arnulf had been jointly in office in 1155. It is
therefore highly improbable that Richard could have styled himself Seneschal in
1156-7, though he may have done so for a while at a later time, cf. No. 643.
This charter has a special value as being the only one now remaining in the
archives, by which can be tested the highly suspicious " Teste me ipso " of the
king, whicli heads the list of witnesses in some of the St. Evroul charters
(Nos. 628, 642-3) entered in the Cartulary. It is clear, from this document, that the
phrase was not an invention of the Cartulary scribe ; but the fact of its occurrence
in the documents themselves must throw the very gravest donbt on their authenticity.
' Omitted in Transcript. " Cartulary version of preceding charter.
8 Cf. '• Eyton," 22, 23.
ABBEY OF ST. EVKOUL. 225
[1153-1181.] 640. Charter of Hugh {hog') earl of Chester. He confirms
(Original in archives, the agreement between the abbey of St. Warburg, Chester and
Fragment ofseal.' ^^^ abbey of St. Evroul, namely that the former is to pay the
Trans. I. fo. 281.) latter annually 30 shillings in silver for the vill of Kircheby
and the monastery and for all the rights there of the abbot and
monks of St. Evroul.
Testibus : Radulfo de Meinegari[nop ; Conano ; Ricardo de
Liveto ; Ricardo de Cumbray ; Radulfo filio Warin ; Alveredo
de Cumbray ; Rogero de Liveto, et alii[s].
[1156-1163.] 641. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He notifies
(Lat.ii,055,fo.27</.>that the church of St. Peter of Sap, with the chapel of St.
Martin, thu tithes, men, lands and other appurtenances, and the
entire tithes etc. etc. within the parish of St. Peter had been
adjudged {recognita) to abbot Robert and the monks of St.
Evroul by twelve lawful knights and other
men of the vicinage of Sap {de visneto Sappi), against liis
uncle Robert the king's s m {filius regis), and Matildis his wife,
who claimed it all as belonging to their lay fee, on St. Cecily's
day [Nov. 22] at Rouen before Rotrou bishop of Evreux, then
liis justice for all Normandy ; and as the abbot and monks had
been unjustly troubled and disturbed, in the matter, repeatedly
since, by Robert and Matildis, he has at length made a concord
between them as follows : all the particulars mentioned above
are to remain for ever the possession of the abbey in frank-
almoin. And because at the time they had not their own seal,
at their request and earnest entreaty, he confirms this agree-
ment to the abbot and monks by his own seal, against all claims
of Robert and Matildis his wife, and for this concession and
concord Robert aod Matildis hav'e received in his presence two
palfreys worth twenty pounds of Anjou, the property of the
abbey. This peace and concord is to be faithfully observed by
both parties. ,
Teste me ipso; Rotrode Ebroicensi et Arnuifo Lexoviensi
episcopis. Apud Rothomagum.
[1159-1180.] 642. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He con-
(Lat. 11,055, to. 23.) firms to the abbey of St. Evroul all its possessions and privileges
in Normandy [specified.]
Teste me ipso ; Ernulfo Lexoviensi, Frogerio Sagiensi
episcopis, et Ricardo de Humez tunc tempoiis senescallo uieo
Normannie. Apud Sagium.
l^Ante 1176.] 643. Charter of Richer de Aquila son of Richer son of
(Lat. 11,056, fo. 34.) Gilbert addressed generally. He confirms to the abbot and
monks of St. Evrgul the liberties of their men at Auguaize
{Auguesia), especially in the matter of what is commonly
called Comage {quod vulgo Cornagium dicitur). He further
, confirms all privileges granted by his predecessors.
' Now lost. - Trans. ; " Meinegar."
e 93tl81. p
226 ABBEY OF ST. BVEOUL.
[Ante 1116.]
Testibus : Odelina uxore mea ; Gilleberfco et Richerio filiis
meis ; Gilleberto de Tileriis ; Willelmo capellano meo ; Will-
elmo Baudran ; Willelmo de Fontenil ; Roberto de Avena ;
WJllermo de Malnoier ; Ricardo fratre eius et aliis multis.
[1164-1167.] 644. Letter of Robert bishop of Hereford and Roger bishop
or of Worcester addressed to Robert the prior and the brethren of
[1174-1179.] Bermondsey (BereTnundshea). The writers command them, by
(Original in archives, apostolical authority, that they are to warn the earl of Leicester
TrS's^Voi I *° S^^® satisfaction to the monastery of St. Evroul concerning
p. 249.) the church of Wideford, and employ every means in their power ;
and, unless he do so, they are, on the second Monday after St.
Hilary, to attend before the bishops, at Criechelada, and make
answer therein to the proctor of the monastery; if they are
unable, for good cause, to attend on that day, they must be
careful to send the bishops a sufficient answer, with their letters
patent, etc.
1174. 645. Notification by R[oger] bishop of Worcester that the
(Original in archives, claim of Walter the clerk, of Haselton, against the monks of
Fra ^nenfofseal ^*' EvTOul, Concerning the church of Rawell, which Walter
Trans. I. fo. 243.) maintained to be subject to his church of Hallinghis, has been
delegated to him by pope Alexander, and has been settled before
him as follows : the church of Rawell is to pay the church of
Hallinghis one pound of incense on Easter Eve for ever, so
that the church of Hallinghis may claim nothing more ; and the
monks shall pay Walter the clerk, in consideration of his labour
and expenditure, six shillings from their revenues at Rawell, by
the hand of their proctor, half at Easter and half at Michaelmas,
so long as he lives. The abbot and monks of St. Evroul have
written to him [Roger] that they will ratify whatever Richard,
the monk, their general proctor for England, should undertake
in his presence. The said Richard and Walter the clerk have
promised to observe this agreement, pledging their faith in his
[Roger's] hand. This agreement was made in the year 1174
[M0(J0LXXIIII0].
His testibus : Ada abbate Evesham ; Roberto priore de
Kenilleword[e] ; Symone archidiacono Wygorn[iensi] ; magistro
Moyse ; magistro Waltero ; magistro Silvestro ; Gilberto capel-
lano ; Samsone clerico.
[? 1190.] 646. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. Roger de
(Lat. 11,055, fo. 28.) Toenio and Gilbert Crispini de Tilleriis have, in his presence,
demised to the abbot and monks of St. Evroul, free from all
earthly dues to ,them and their heirs, especially from escuage
(esmagiis) and [castle] guard {gardis) the church of Garnevilla
with its tithes, lands, and all appurt.enances, and all the men
whom the monastery has in that parish of the fee of Conches and
the fee of Tillieres, and freedom from pannage for their swine
in the forest of Conches. For this, the abbot and monks have,
in his presence, given each of them a hundred shillings of Anjou
ABBEY OF ST. EVROUL. 227
[? 1190.]
and a horse worth that sum. And as they were about to leave
for Jerusalem and had not their seals with theni, he, at their
prayer and earnest request, confirms this agreement by his own
seal, against all claims for ever.
Test[ibus] me ipso : Johanne Ebroicensi episcopo ; Roberto
comite Leic[estrie], et Roberto filio ejus, et WUlelmo filio
Radulfi, et Willelmo de Mara. Apud Vernolium.
[? 1190.] 647. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He con-
(Lat. 11,055, fo. 25.) firms to the abbot and monks of St. Evroul all their possessions
and privileges in Normandy [specified].
Teste me ipso ; Johanne Ebroicensi episcopo ; Roberto comite
Leicestrie et Roberto filio ejus, et Willelmo filio Radulfi
senescallo Normannie tunc temporis, et Willelmo de Mara.
Apud Vernolium.
[1203-1206.] 648. Charter of William bishop of Lincoln confirming the
(Original in archives, gift by [his] dear son Robert earl of Leicester to Hubert prior
Trans^Vol I °^ Ware, namely a house at (de) Cherleia, with all lands and
fo. 241.) all other appurtenances and liberties, in accordance with the
earl's charter, also a carucate of land in the essarts of Ainesti,
as in that charter.
Hiis testibus : magistro Alexandro, et Waccar[io] capeUano,
et Thoma de Likerton, Lincolnensis ecclesie canonicis ; magistro
Willelmo filio Fulconis ; Adam de Sancto Eadmundo, Willelmo
de Staveneby ; Gileberto de Iwareby clerico ; Gauialiele persona
de Novesby ; Ricardo persona de Belgrave ; Gilleberto de
Clenefeld' ; Petrb et Carolo clericis; et multis aliis.
[1187-1190.] - 649, Charter of Nigel lord of Monbrai. With the consent of
(Ori^nal in archives.' Mabira his wife and of his sons, he gives to St. Mary's of the
TrTns Vo*"! Hermitage of Colomba, for the weal of his soul and those of his
fo. 212.) [pre]deces8ors, four acres near the church of St. Mary of
Margerei to be enjoyed free of all secular claims.
His testibus : Roberto capeUano ; Willelmo Malaherba ;
Nicholao de Beslii ; Radulfo clerico ; Roberto clerico ; Willelmo
de Maisnileio, et aliis.
(Original in archives. Vidimus by the abbot of Lire in 1236, of the following : —
H. 925. Trans. Vol. I. fo. 219.)
1176. 650. Charter of Roger bishop of Worcester, notifying that
[Girc. 14 March.] he grants, the chapter of Worcester consenting, to the abbot
and brethren of St. Evroul all the ecclesiastical possessions
they possessed before his time in the diocese of Worcester, to
be enjoyed for ever to their own use, namely, the church of
St. Peter of Roucella with all its appurtenances, on condition
that the abbot and brethren cause that church to be fittingly
served ; at Wintou, two-thirds of all the tithes of the demesne ;
at Weston, the same ; at Wilecote, at Pebworte, at Merston Le
' No longer there now.
p 2
228
ABBEY OF ST. EVROUL.
1176.
Botiler, at Hosteshulle, the same ; at Haleford the same and
the tithe of the mill. At Lower Pilardiiitone two-thin Is of all
the tithes of the demesne and the land of the franklins
{francolaiiurum^) and likewise two-thirds of the tithes cf the
franklins^ of Upper Pilardintone ; also the tithes of their
produce (nut[ri]m\ent]oru'm) and all their substance there, to
be retained and held to tlieir own use for ever, saving the
rights of tlie see of Wi^reester.
Facta vero hec nostra concessio et confirmatio ad iustantiam
et petitionem nobilis viri Robert! comitis Leycestrie anno verbi
incarnati MocoLXXV°. Lond[onie] tempore Celebris congiega-
tionis archiepiscoporum, episcoporum, abbatum, et priorum
Ang[lie], regum patris et filii, et magnatum regni Anglorum,
facte per vocationem Hugonis Petri Leonis Sancti Angeli diaconi
cardinalis, apostolice sedis legati. Teste' Roberto comite Lei-
cestrie; Roberto abbate Croilandie; Johanne de Salesberia
thesaurario Exoniensis ecclesie ; Simone archidiacono Wygor-
niensi; Radulfo capellaiio nostro, et Roberto monacho" magistro
Moyse, et magistro Silveslro, et aliis.
[N.D,] 651. Charter of Parnel (Petronilla) countess of Leicester.
(Original in archives, For tlie weal of her soul and those of all her predecessors and
successors, she gives the abbey of St. Evroul and its monks the
house (doTTius) of Charleia with all its appurtenances, etc., and
a canicate of land in the vill of Anesty and her "demesne"
meadow there and the mill, with its suit, and ten " codselli " ' of
land . . . with their appurtenances, on condition that the
prior to be placed there by the abbot shall not be removed
from that house so long as he is of honourable and good life.
His testibus : Thoma de Estleia ; Radulfo de Martinwas :
Willelmo Picot ; Willelmo de Sennevilla ; Symoge de Turvilla ;
Radulfo Fridai ; Gregorio ca[)el]ano ; Willelmo capellano ;
Jordano clerico, et multi alii.
[1196.°] 1 Dec. 652. Notification by H[ubert] archbishop of Canterbury
(Urlglniii iu archives, primate of all England and legate that the dispute concerning
FraKiaent^of peal. *^^ cliurch of Hales, between the abbot and monks of
Trans. I. fo. 319 ) St. Evroul (Ebrulfus) and A. Pantol, the clerk,^ has been
argued at lengtli before him, and that the s;dd A. [Pantol] has
spontaneously renounced before him, on his oath, all the right
he claimed to have in the church of Hales, saving only to
himself the custodj'^ of the said church for fifteen years, paying
annually to the abbot and monks five marcs at Michaelmas.
This renunciation wos made on Advent Sunday next after the
consecration of J[ohn] bishop of Worcester, the custody of the
church being committed to the said A. Pantol from the same date.
His testibus : Galfrido de Botland ; magistro R. de Strauf-
ford ; Roberto de Breston' ; Ricardo de Ringst' ; Thoma de
Bramt ester et alii.
H. 900.
I'ragment of seal.
Trans. I. fo. 300.)
Trans. :
3 .<?,>.
' Casanoruin." 2 Trans. : " Franco Lamerville."
■* This word is omitted as illegible in Transcript.
' Assignerl to " 1224 " \n Inventaire Sommaire.
" Trans. : " A. clericum Pantot'."
ABBEY OF ST. EVROUL. 229
(Cartuiaire de Vidimus by Odo, archbishop of Eouen, Feb. 1255. of the
Normantlie, fo. 44.) <■ n • ^ '
^ lollowmg : —
[1190-1204.J 653. Charter of Eobert earl of Leicester, son of earl Robert
and of Parnel (Petronille) countess of Leicester, notifying that
for the weal of his soul, and [tiiose] of his father and mother
and all his predecessors, he gives and grants to the abbey of
St. Evroul, and its abbot and monks, all that they have in his
land, free of all earthly service and due, so that they may render
no service for it to anyone but God, nor [be liable to] aid or taille,
or relief, or ward, nor tlieir men on that land either ; namely in
Normandy and in England the land given by that illustrious
man, Hugh de Grentemesnil great-grandfather of his mother
{proavi mxitris mee), who founded the monastery, and by himself
and his lieges, and by William son of Osbern, his fatlier's
ancestor (attavi) etc. The following gifts are named [at Grent-
mesnil, Quevilly, Anglesqueville, Breteuil, etc. etc.]. In England :
at Leice-iter, all the whole tithe of his demesne, namely from the
reeve's office (prepositura), the bridges, Holegate, the mills, the
fisheries, and the orchards (virgultis) which are now, or shall be
in tlie town ; in the whole forest of that town, in the resei-ved
parts {defensis) namely, and in the upper (alta) forest, and
elsewhere through the whole forest of Leicester, the full tithe
of all pannage and herbage, [and] hunting, and studs (haratiis)
of horses or mares, and of all crops and agriculture (fructibus et
a-griculturis), and mills, and ovens, and fisheries, and forest-
rents (censibus), and churches, and chapels, and offerings (obven-
tionibus) which may arise from present or future purprestures
within it, with quittance of pannage for 100 swine of the
convent of St. Evroul, annually, in the reserved parts, and in
the upper forest, and elsewhere throughout the forest, with his
own [swine] ; nine burgesses within tlic walls of Leicester, and
five without ; the tithe also of fxll his demesne land in the town ;
the church of St. Sepulchre without the city (civitatem), with
all its appurtenances ; the church of Belegravc with eleven
virgates of land, and the two chapels of Burestallum and
Thurmaston {Gurmodestond^), with the tithes, lands, and
other appurtenances, and the chapel of Luq' stoa with all its
appurtenances, and in Curmodestona one virgate of land ;
in Mora three virgates of meadow ; in Thurcaston (Torkile-
stona), the church with all its appurtenances, namely the
tithe of Crepstona and of Anesti with one carucate of land ;
in Glenfield {Dene/iet^) the church with two virgates of land
and tlie chapels of Brandestona and of Carobi, with the
tithes and other appurtenances ; in Rotebi two-thirds of the
tithe of his demesne in all things of which tithe is given and
received, and so has the monastery of St. Evroul in all the
demesnes of Leicester ; in Grobi the chapel with all its ajipur-
tenances and two-thirds of all the tithes of the demesne and the
essarts ; in Soltona five virgates of land, with the tithe of all
his demesne and essarts and field (piano) ; also quittance tliere
' Sic. 2 Clearly a misreading for " clenefelt."
230 . ABBEY OF ST. EVKOUL.
[1190-1204.]
of pannage and herbage for the monks' swine at (de) Pellinguis ; in
Cherchebi a virgate of land; in Pequintona the tithe o£ the de-
mesne and of the lands of Robert Aries and of Picot ; in Sapecota
the tithe and a carncate of land ; in Crepist the tithe of the
demesne ; in Broxtona two-thirds of the tithe from one carucate
of land ; in Senebi likewise ; in Willebi likewise, and from the
demesne of Richard son of Custa, and one carucate of land ; in
Pellinguis, the church with all its appurtenances and seven caru-
cates and three bovates of land ; in Semidestona, the tithe of the
demesne ; in Lactona likewise ; in Languestona likewise with one
virgate of land ; in Upper {Alta) Languestona {sic) two-thirds
of the tithe from one carucate of land ; in Estantona two-thirds
of the tithe of the .demesne ; likewise in Sanctona ; in Novel-
laium, the church, with all its tithes, lands, and other appur-
tenances ; the churches of Carlentona and Bortona, with five
virgates of land and the chapel of Ilvestona, with all their
tithes ; in Sanctona, the tithe from five and a half carucates
of land ; in Glen two-thirds of the tithe of the demesne ; in
Northona likewise ; in Octona(?) likewise ; and from the
demesne of the monks at {de) Estotebie, which they hold of the
fee of Leicester ; in Bothebi likewise, from two halls {aulis) ; in
Humbristona likewise from two halls and one virgate of land ;
in Estoaa likewise and one virgate of land; in Evintona like-
wise ; at Inguaruibi likewise ; at Siglebi likewise ; in Torp and
at Walcehan likewise ; at Wuudeuat likewise and from three
halls ; in Edewaltona likewise ; in Essebi and Welledona likewise ;
in Wellefort likewise, and one virgate of land ; in Aendona,
the tithe of the demesne ; the vill of Little Pilardenton with
the whole tithe of the demesne ; also the two-thirds of the tithe
of the franklins {francolanorum) of that land ; in Rothincona
a carucate of land as free and quit of all service and due as the
land there held by the monks of Radingues ; in Waruic two
burgesses ; the vill of Checlentona, with the church and tithe
and lands and other appurtenances ; the manors called Fecota
and Morcota which Adelina de Ivreio daughter of Hugh de
Grent[mesnil] and Aeliza bis niece {neptis ejus) gave to St.
Evroul with his consent ; in Istelabe a hide of land and the
men dwelling thereon, and the vill of Willecota with all
its appurtenances ; in Mildentona the church with all its
appurtenances, and all the land there that is of the fee of
Leicester ; in Nemboth the tithe of the demesne ; in Sibestona
and Sipeford the tithe of the demesne ; in Cherlentona, in
Bedefort sire, the cliapel and half a virgate of land and the tithe
of all demesnes ; at Bratingebi, at Winquinq' stone', and Willebi
the tithe of the demesne ; at Wares the churfeh, with the chapel
of Tozriche, with the tithe, wood, men, lands, meadows, and its
other appurtenances; the church of St. Martin of Deerefort
with all its appurtenances, botli in wood and field {piano) ; at
Wares the whole tithe from the park, that is, of sale[s] and
pannage and herbage, and stud and hunting and of all crops
{fructibus) and protits {obventionibus) which may thence arise,
and the whole tithe of all his food from his kitchen {quocnina)
ABBEY OF ST. EVRODL. 231
[1190-1204.]
at Leicester and at Wares, and one stag at Cliristmas in the
forest of Leicester, the titlie also of all sheep and lambs' wool
and of cheeses and the young of geese and poultry and sheep
and swine of the earl aud countess of Leicester, throughout all the
fiefs of Grentemesnil and Leicester ; quittance also for the food
and raiment and all the substance of the monks of St. Evroul,
and of the servants who eat their bread, from all due and
custom throughout his land and that of his men in Normandy
and England, so far as it is declared (affidari) to be their own,
etc. etc Should any of his heirs or his bailiffs
knowingly infringe this charge, he will incur the wrath of
Almighty God and his [the donor's] curse.
Testibus : Philippe de Albigneio ; Gilleberto de Mineriis ;
Nicholao de Gloz ; Guidone Drocensi ; Symone de Gran[au^]lier
cognato ejus ; Willelmo Fresnel et aliis multis.
' MS. damaged here.
232
ABBEY OF ST. MARTIN, SEES,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP SEES.
[Cartulary in Archives of the Orne, H. 938.^]
1086,17 May. 654. Notification that in the year 1086 there came together
(Cartulary, before Robert cle Belismo, at Belesme, Picot^ de Saio and Droco
No. cxTui.) ^g Coimis to plead concerning the dower which William de
Coimis, brother of the said Droco, had given Adeloia his wife,
whom, on his death, Picot had married, and wished to enjoy,
as was just, so long as she lived, the dower her first husband
had given her. And this agreement was made the Sunday
next before Pentecost. Many being assembled on both sides,
friends and neighbours of Picot and Droco and Adeloia, etc.
. . . Robert de Belismo wishing to make peace between
his barons Picot and Droco, begged Picot and Adeloia his
wife to keep, in peace and friendship, a portion of the sub-
stance they held in dower or claimed from Droco, and to
grant the rest to Droco with goodwill. What [need for] more ?
Yielding to the prayers of their lord Robert and their friends,
Picot and his v»ife granted to Droco half the demesne, etc.
. . . . And Droco granted to Picot and his wife half the
whole demesne held in Roiseiuin the day this agreement was
made, in the said court, by Robert de Belismo, etc
Lastly, in the sight of 40 knights or more, in the said court,
Droco pledged (dedif) his faith to Picot, that he would keep
faith (fidem ei portaret) therein, and would not seek to injure
him, etc., so long as his wife Adeloia lived. Droco also in-
cluded in this (misit in eadem fiducia) all that Picot and his
wife sought to acquire, by their plea, of the rest of the dower,
etc^ ....
Ilanc concordiam et fidei dationem viderunt Rotbertus de
Belismo et multi alii.
1 Moflern copy from Liber Albvs of the Abbey. The original is now at Sees
among the episcoi'al archives. D'Auisy, as usual, did not mention where was the
Cartulary from which (as "Liber Albus ") he transcribed; and the folios given
by him do not agree with those of the Sees Cartulury, as recorded in the margin
of the Transcript at Alen^on. There is moreover sufficient discrepancy, in .some
of the documents, between this Transcript and his to suggest u different exemplar
This is a matter for local investigation. The variants in the Alen^on lYanscript
are noted where of any consequence. The numbers of the documents are also
supplied from it (as the " Cai tulary ").
' See Domesday I., 2.58. '^ Provisions in case of breach of the agreement
ABBEY OF ST. MARTIN, SflES.
Cartulary,
No. cclvii.)
1087. 655. [Notification that] when Robert son of Tetbald^ ft^lt
(Liber Aibus, fo. 8t. himself in great bodily weakness, and had lost, in his extremity,
'^'"fo. 177. ^^^ hope of life, and was dreading more and more the pains of
hell, he received good counsel from hia faithful friends, and for
the salvation (remedio) of his soul, and for the help [of those]
of his successors as well as his predecessors, he arranged, as a
prudent man, to distribute some of his substance. In this
sickness, therefore, in the year 1087, the said Robert pave
St. Martin's, Sees and the brethren there serving God, both
present and future, freely as alms for ever, a certain miinor
(mansio) in England, near Arundel!', Totintona by name, with
all its appurtenances, Hugh his son, who was present, granting
it. He begged also that he miglit be buried near the said
Saint, wheie lay his wife Emma, because he knew it N\as
certain that the prayers of the brethren there dwelling would
avail him with God. [And] he was honourably buried in the
cloister of the said monastery, where Emma his wife had
already been placed, in another part of it. When the above
manor was given, William the monk received it by a branch c f
a cherrytree (ramum de ceraso), which he placed, at Robert's
bidding, on the altar of St. Mary of Wath. When Robeit
gave, and William the monk received, it, the following were
present and saw it : —
Gaufridus decanus de Ai undello ; Andreas^ Cenoman[nen]sis ;
Robertus de Petehorda presbiter; Corbelinus, Hamelinus et
Turstinus de Petehorda.
(Liber Albus, fo.
TraDS. Vol. Ill
fo. 175.
Cartulary,
No. ccliii.)
[? 1087-1093.] 656. Charter of Roger [earl] of Shrewsbury (Scrosberiensis)
giving — for the souls of his most sweet lord William duke of
tlie Normans and king of the English and of queen Malhildis,
for his own, and for those of his wife Mabel (Mabilia) aud all
his predecessors and successors, — with the consent and approval
of his sons aud daughters, to God and St. Martin of Sles, and
the monks there serving, or to serve, God, in alms for ever, Fissa-
burna, and Wath, and Hanton with all its appurtenances, and
Arintona, and tiie tithe of Senegaia and Orunvelle, and Her-
lingtone, and the church of Hertinges for a brother of the
countess Mabel, who was made a monk in that mona.stery.
Robert the sheriflf, son of Tetbald, gave Totintona to the same
saint at his death, with tlie consent of [earl] Roger and his sons.
Norman the huntsman, with the consent of them all gave the
tithe of all his lands. Eudo son of Hubert gave the tithe of
Neiselles. All these gifts were made in the time of the most
excellent duke of the Normans and king of the English,
William, and of queen Mathildis. Earl Roger, Hugh his son
granting it, gave St. Martin of S6es the church of Dodelabria
with all its appurtenances, and Belingeham wholly free of all
forfeitures.
Testantibus: domno abbate de Glocesfcria^ Serlone, atque
Bernardo de Novomercato, et Rogerio venatore, et Fulcone
' See Domesday I., 2566.
^ H. 938 here inserts the words " nepos ejus j Johannes."
■' Sic in H. 938 ; Trans. ; " Glocestrie et."
234
ABBEY OF ST. MARTIN, SEES.
[? 1087-1093.]
[? 1086-7.]
(Liber Albus, fo. 7.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 176.)
fratre Alcherii,i et Gisleberto de Condowere, et Wbdeboldo^
sacerdote, et Herberto archidiacono, et subscribitur confirmatio
Willelmi^ Regis et signum ejus ; [Signa] Rogerii _ comitis
Scroberiensis ; Alani comitis* ; Hugonis coraitis Cestrensis ; Wal-
chelini . . . . ; Roberti lilii Hamonis ; Ethonis senescalli ;
Hugonis de Montegommereio. Testibus : Hamone Piperello, et
Ricardo filio Corbellini, et constabulario, et Roberto filio Cor-
bellini, et Ricardo Belhomesio.
657. [Memorandum that] earl Roger gave, in England, two
small vills (villulas) namely Gath and Fissabuma and forty
shillings of tithe from Stotona and Hantona; in Cambridge-
shire (vicecomitat^i) he gave, the countess Mabel granting it,
the churches of Emiogatone and Senegaia with the land of the
priests and all the tithes of Oruuella.^ He likewise gave the
church of Hertinges with the tithe and another church beyond
London (Lundras).
And after the death of countess Mabel [1082] earl Roger gave
for heil- soul a moiety of Glenpi[n]ges with all the rents belong-
ing to it, etc. And beneath (subscribitur) is the confirmation :
Signum Guillelmi regis et aliorum plurimorum ; [Signa]
Guillelmi filii ejus; Roberti episcopi ; Rogerii comitis; Roberti
condtis de Valle-moritonii.
LN.D.]
(Cartulary,
No. ccxxxviii.)
658. Letter of earl Roger addressed to his most dear son
Robert of Belesme. He wills, directs, and allows that every-
thing Gilbert son of the bishop® has given God and St. Martin
for his soul, in vineyards, mill, and lands belonging to the
earl's fief should be granted and confirmed by Robert to hold
good against all men. He also directs that this shall be done
for everything that Gilbert's mother may have given in lands
and other rents of his fee. As to those she may have given
of the fee of other lords, Robert is to ask them to give their
consent for love of the earl and of himself.
1091, 7 Nov.
(Cartulary,
No. cxxxix.)
659. Charter notifjnng that Robert Bigot and Emma his
wife in the year 1091, " vii° idus Novembris," for the soul of
their son Robert and for their own, gave God and St. Martin
and the brethren at S^es a metairie (meteariam) on the sea, at
Pirou, in the Cotentin and a vavassor with 10 acres of land, etc.
. . . . For their son Robert, who was made a monk there
three days before, had been honourably buried the same day, as
a monk in their cemetery.
Hujus rei testes fuerunt Haimericus de Lonreio etc.
1 " Fulcoio fratre Alberi," H. 938. ^ « Godebaldo," in H. 938.
^ The cross inserted here.
■' In H. 93S, after the earl of Shrewsbury, the names are Hugonis de Monte-
gomerii ; Hugonis comitis Cestrensis ; Alani comitis ; Henrici (ste) comitis de
Guarenne [probably Henry earl of Warwick] ; Walchelini episcopi; Eotberti
filii Hamonis; Eithonis senesoalchi. Testibus Hamone Piperello, etR[icardo?]
filio Corbelini, et G. constabulario, G. et Rotberto filio (sic) Corbelli, et Eicardo
de Bello Mesio.
5 Trans. : " Ornuella." " Son of bishop Gilbert by Emma his wife.
ABBEY OF ST. MARTIN, SEES.
235
1093.
(Cartulary,
No. cciiv.)
1093,
(Liber Albus, fo. 85
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 177.
Cartulary,
No. cclviii.)
660. NotiHcation that Roger Baolt, a knight of earl Roger
gave (lod and St. Martin and the brethren at S^es, present
and future, in the year 1093, the tithe of one ploughland
(quarruce) at Arondel, and of all his stock (nutriture) in
iiuimal.-i and other beasts. This gift lie made in their chapter
and joined them on the terms that if he should wish to become
a monk he would either come to their monasteiy or would
take the monk's " habit " by their counsel. Should he die a
layman, they will bury his corpse, on all his substance being
made over to them.
Hujus rei testibus : Rotberto clerico filio Mainardi ; Rainfredo
et Willelmo filiis Busonis.
661. [Notification by the monks that] William de Polleio,
a faithful man devoted to God, in the year 1093, first of the
Indiction, twentieth of the epact, gave God and St. Martin and
the brethren living, or to live, in the monastery of S6es, for his
soul and those of his predecessors and successors, in Devon-
shire, a third part of the tithe of the crops (annona) on his
manor of Bochelande, and the whole rightful tithe of all else
there, oxen, sheep, swine, wool, lambs, calves, colts, and fillies,
(equis seu equabus) fish, honey, cheese, butter ; and at Calcan-
tone the same ; and at Guichelia, Bottefort, Cadeberia, Boeleia,
Blacaleva, Pedeleiga, Stoch, Sirigvilla, and the three manors
of Ralf son of Goiscelin, and Sandfort the manor of Ascelin
and the other land held by him of William de Polleio, and the
two manors of Herbert " the senescal," and at Orf adesora, — from
all these, the tithe as at Bocheland and from all other manors
and lands of which William de Polleio or his predecessor had
the tithe, as at Bochelande ; and the tithe of the skins of
stags.
T^tibus: Rogerio Apostolico milite, et Widone de Boche-
lande^ ; Radulfo filio Gotscelini ; de hominibus monachorum,
Roberto de Constantino ; Johanne filio Liebur ; Hugone Caly^ ;
Johanne portario ; Haimone elemosinario ; Serico presbitero.
Et subscribur confirmatio ejusdem Willelmi^ et signum ejus ;
signum'^ Rogerii Apostolici.
1096 (?). 662. [Notification that] afterwards in the year 1096,* the
(Liber Aibus,fo. 85. said William de Polleio, desiring to increase his endowments,
"" " gave St. Martin and the brethren of the abbey the tithe of
Leuga, a manor of his in England, as he had already granted
at Bochelande and the other manors aforesaid, also a certain
manor named Baraberga, a part or member of Bochelande, with
its own hall in that vili, and with oxen, sheep, serfs, maids, and
all rents or dues belonging to that member. All this and his
other gifts his son Robert granted. And these witnesses saw
and heard [it] : —
Ex sua parte, Robertus de Osereto, et Guido filius Westmarie^ ;
ex parte abbatis, RaduHus marescaldus ; Robertus de Costantino ;
• '• Rochela " in H. 938. ^ <. Calvini " in H. 938. ■' Cross inserted here.
* " MXCV." in H. 938. * " Bestemarici," H. 938.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 178.
Cartulary,
No. cclix.)
236
ABBEY or ST. MARTIN, SEES.
1096 (?).
(Liber Albus, fo. 85.
Trans. Vol. XII.
io. 179.
Cartulary,
No. cclx.)
Wismundus cocus ; Unfridus' venator ; Tetbaldus iilius Roberti ;
Herlechin^ ; Girardus pistor. Et subscribitur connrmatio
Willelmi de PoUeio et signum^ ejus ; sigiiuni Roberti filii ejus.^
And all the above gifts were made for the soul of his wife
Basilia and for those of his predecessors and successors ; also
the whole rightful tithe of the mill in a certain vill called
Alberica.
663. Notification that Roger de Monte Begonis, and Sezilia
his wife have given God and St. Martin's, Sdes and the monks
there serving, or to serve God, in alms for ever, all the tithe
they had in the territory of Beaumont (Bellusmons) in the
place called Forest, near the road leading to Le Mans. And it
is to be noted that this tithe was the dower {dotalium) of
Sezilia's mother, Eva, who gave it to this lier daughter, who
afterwards marrying the above Roger, had this tithe foj* her
marriage-portion (maritatu), by permission of her brothers
and friends, with others of her relatives. This tithe Roger and
Sezilia gave for their souls and those of all their predecessors
and successors, adding much else of their substance, namely
the tithe of Calisei, and the church of Tit, with fdl [its] tithe,
and all tne tithe of their demesne between Ribble and Mersey
(Ripam et Mersa7)i), and even beyond the river called Ripa.
Moreover Rogei- and his wife and Robert a brother of Roger,
have this arrangement with the monks of St. Martin : at their
death, they are respectively to commit (reddere) their bodies
to thu monastery for burial and all their property (facultates) ;
and the monks of St. Martin are to do for each of them in alms
and prayers what they would do for a professed monk of their
own congregation. They have also undertaken that if at any
time, Roger or Robert should wish to become monks, they will
not do so save in the monastery of St. Martin; and if Sezilia
should ever wish to enter religion {mutare habitum) she will
not do without the counsel of its brethren. Roger and his
wife iiave .ilso given St. Martin two men in Calisei. Of the said
gifts these were witnesses, seeing and hearing [them] :
Fulco filius Alberici; HaiiTiericus filius Seziliee; Herbertus
filius Fulconis ; Paganus filius Odonis ; Gosceiinus filius Giile-
berti ; VVarnerius filius Hermefredi ; Heugelbertus* de Lencay ;
Rogerius fratei' Roberti monachi ; Herbertus cocus ; Gunterius
filius Fulcherii ; Girardus filius Brloie ; Petrus nepos Rainaldi
monachi^ ; Robertus de Constantino ; Radulfus marescallus.
1094. 664. Notification that earl Roger, called "of Poitou "
(Liber Albus, fo. 86. (Pictaviensis), in the year 1094, gave to God and St. Martin
Trans. Vol. III. ^^^ ^.j^g brethren at Sees, in alms for ever, the church
fo. 180.
Cartulary,
>'o. cclxi.)
of Lancaster with all its appurtenances, and part of the
land of that town, from the old wall to Godfrey's orchard,
and as far as Presteguet, and two manors {mansiones)
1 " Gunfridus," H. 938. 2 « xioberti, Herlechin," H. 938.
, ' Cross inserted here.
■* H. 938 inserts " filius " here. ■' H. 938 " mo."
ABBEY OF ST. MAETIN, SEES. 237
1094.
near Lancaster, Andeduva^ and Neutona, and Ansfrid de
Montegoraraerici Avith all that he held of the said earl,
and the churches of Hessan, and Prestetona, and Estanes-
beria, and Cotegrava, and Cropil[le], and Wichelai, smd Calisei,
and the churches of St. Peter of Lincoln, and Walinguf)re^ and
Navzebeia,^ and Bodebeia, with their appurtenances and the
tithes of Hales, and Derbeium, and Salfort, and Risebeia, and
Bissepephen ; and the tithes of all his mares, cows, and
swine when they cotneto the larderer ; and Hervey the priest
of Torp and Benedict of Eia, and all that he holds of the eail,
ard the tithes of the churches of all the land of Albert Greslet,
and the tithe of Warin Boissel at Brestona, and the tithe of the
land of Roger de Monte Begonis at Calisei and Tablesbeia and
Tit and all his demesne between Rible and Mersey ; and four
men of Ralf Grenet in Sulfoc.
['I'estibus : Hec omnia supradicta sicut liberaliter concedit
comes Rogerius sancto Martino ut nuUus suorum super ea,
potestatem habeat exceptis monachi>^. Testibus: Godefrido
vicecomite ; Olivario de Tremblet ; Emaldo Barberoto ; Rogerio
de Monte Begonis ; Alberto Greslet ; Rogerio filio Ernaldi ;
Herveo presbitero; Ansfrido de Montegommerio ; Ricard6
Estormit'.*]
1094. 665. Charter of earl Roger, called '' of Poitou," [who] gave
(Liber Aibns, fo 86. in 1094, ten pounds a year until he should assign [land] worth
^'^°o Tsi ^^^ ^^ pounds a year. And if anyone should desire the prayers
Cartulary, and benefits of the monastery of Lancaster, the enrl most gladly
No. cclxii.) grants that he may give as much as half his land. And if any-
one without heir of woman (absque herede Tnulieris) should
wish to give his whole land, and should there assume the
monastic garb, to be a monk of St. Martin's, the earl grants
that he may. And St. Martin is to hold all as freely as
himself etc.^
Testibus : Godefrido vicecomite ; Olivario de Tremblet ;
Ernaldo Barberoto®; Ansfrido de Montegommerio; Radulfo
Ghemet ; Willelmus de Raines, et alii.
1098, 27 Aug. 666. Notification that Arnulf [de Montgomery] son of earl
(Liber Aibus, fo. 87. Roger, a man of great worth and highly esteemed, so loved the
^"^^"£0^82"^' Ibrethen at S^es that, on Aug. 27, 1098," in the chapter of
Cartulary, St. Martin of S6es, Serlo the bishop and Ealf the abbot being
No. cclxiil.) present, he gave the brethren of Sees, living and to live in the
abbey of St. Martin of Sdes, in alms for ever, for his soul and
1 Rectius : " Audecliva." " Trans. : " Walicgnore." ^ Trans. ; " Nauzebeia."
■* Supplied from a corresponding charter and from H. 938, cclxi.
* H. 938 here continues : — "and after the earl had granted this, Geoffrey de
Ria gave the monastery a manor, namely Sanguice and Godfrey the sheriff
[gave] the tithes of Bissopoban, and all he had in Lancaster, houses, orchaid and
lands, and the land he had in little Lancaster, and Ealf Geetier («c) 4 men in
Sutfolc."
" After " Barberoto " in cclxij., H. 938 reads, " Eadulfo Ghemet ; Odone ; Eogero
de Montebegonis j Alberto Gresleit ; Willelmo de Raunes ; Rogero filio Ernaldi.
' " Kal. Septembris" in H. 938.
238
ABBEY OF ST. MARTIN, SfiES.
1098.
those of his father Roger and his brother Hugh, who was slain
that year, the church of St. Nicliolas at Pembroch, a castle o£
his in Wales, and 20 carucates of land, together with all that
his men had given or should give the abbey' ; and he promised
that he would give other land of his, lying in England sufficient
to provide footgear (calceainenta) for the brethren of the abbey.
This gift he made [in order] that he might retain nothing for
himself of all the rents and dues of that land, giving even his
woods (lucos) for the needs of the monks, namely for building
and firing and pannage throughout his demesne.
Hujus donationis testes fuerunt Eustachius de Marcevilla;
Hugo filius Warini vicecomitis Scroberie ; Robertus de Hum-
franvilla ; Rogerus dispensator ; Ricardus de Graio^ ; Girardus
et Godefridus de Vinaz.
[Qirc. 1100.] 667. [Memorandum of] the payments due to St. Martin of
(Liber Aibus, fo. 87. g^es and the brethren of Panbroc from {de) Heldrenesia ; from (in)
the church of Pagana 40 shillings ; from Prestitonia 20 shillings ;
from Scachelinges 20 shillings ; from the castle church 20
shillings; from Frohingham 4 shillings; from Donestat^ 15
shillings ; from Witfomesel, [where are] two churches 4.5
shillings; from Essintona; from Garlintona 10 shillings; and
from the chapel where Roscelin sings [mass] 10 shillings.
Et subscribitur confirmatio Arnulfi et signum ejus.*
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 182. FoUows
No. cclxiii.
in Cartulary.)
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 186.
Cartulary,
No. cclxv.)
1098. 668. Another version of the above charter, not mentioning the
(Liber Albus,fo. 83. circumstances of the grant, stating that the yearly ten pounds
"" ' from England were to be charged on the tithes of his churches
there, and to be applied, half to the footgear of the {calceamemta
perpetreuda^) brethren at Sees, and half to the brethren at
Pembroc or their buildings. The witnesses are the same, but
there are appended the names of those who witnessed the king's
confirmation.
[Signa] regis ; Anselmi archiepiscopi ; Wilfridi episeopi® ;
Arnulfi filii Rogerii comitis ; Roberti filii Hamonis.
[? Giro. 1105.] 669. Charter of Savaric son of Cana and Muriel his wife
(Cartulary, granting to God and St. Mary and St. Martin's, S4es and
No. cclv.) ^a]£ the abbot' and the monks the church of Isemburna, with
its appurtenances as Herlingus held it, if Herlingus should [so]
grant it. Also his [Savaric's] pasture {viridarium) both old and
new, if he should remove his residence {m,ansionein mutdre)
thence.
Testes sunt hujus concessionis : Ricardus de Mereio, et Lucia
uxor ejus, et Radulfus capellanus. Concedunt quoque et testes
sunt; Radulfus et Savaricus filii ipsius Savarici ; Herveius Belee ;
? Printed down to here in Mnnast. Angl. VI., 999, and Chetham Society
XXVL, 9. . ,1
2 After this H. 938 reads " Danfront."
^ Rectius : " Donestal " as in H. 938. ■* Cross inserted here.
* ^i!chMS."preparanda?' asinH. 938. ' "^ Of St. David's.
', Bishop of Rochester, 1108.
ABBEY OF ST. MARTIN, Sl&BS. 239
[1 Circ. 1105.]
Willelmus filio Albert! ; Alexander de Saticta Maria ; Pinellus
Vrito ; Fulco camerarius Basso. Isti omnes de hominibus Sava-
rici. Ex homiaibus quoque Ricardi de Mereio : Ingelgerius et
Alexander filii Ricardi ; Eadulfus dapifer ; Alveredus filius
Alberti. Et subscribitur confirmation Savarici et signum ejus :
signum^ uxoris ejus.
[1125-1128.] 670. Charter of William archbishop of Canterbury and
(Liber Albus, fo. 89. legate of the apostolic see addressed to Brernardi bishop of St.
"fo 186 David's and all sons of the church. He testifies to having
Cartniary, been told by the king at the council held at Westminster that
No. ccixvi.) earl (comes) Arnulf gave the churches of all his land in Wales
and the tithes, [and] twenty carucates of land, with much else,
and ten pounds' worth (libratas) of tithes from the churches he
held in England to the monks of St. Martin's, S^es, and that the
king had given and granted the same to the said brethren, some
of whom dwelt and dwell at Pembroc. For his part he grants
and confirms this, as the king himself confirms it in his charter.
Testibus^ : episcopis W^intoniensi Willelmo, Seifredo Cices-
trensi,^ et Johanne Rofiensi.*
(Liber Albus, fo. 89. 671. Notification by Hugh bishop of Durham that the
"^^fo 187 dispute between Nicholas prior of Lancaster and Norman the
Cartulary, clerk Concerning the church of Mellingues and the chapel of
No. ccixvii.) Wirsingueham has been thus settled in his presence : the prior
has granted Norman the said church and chapel, to be held, for
his life, from St. Mary of Lancaster, for an annual pension of
20 shillings, 10 at Pentecost, and 10 at Martinmas. By the
authority committed to him by the pope, he confirms tliis
arrangement, to which they have pledged their faith (Jidei
interpositione).
[? 1 094] 672. Charter of Roger count of Poitou {comes Pictavensis).
(Liber Albus, fo. 89. Printed from Inspeximus in Monast. Ang. VL, 997, and in
io^llT.' cTiijIry, .Ohetham Society XXVL, 8, from the Cartulary, with more
No. cclxviii.) ' witnesses.
(Liber Albus, fo. 90. g73_ Charter of John count of Mortain. Printed from
'^^'fo 189. Inspeximus in MoTuxst. Ang. VI. 997, and in Chetham Society
Cartulary, XXVL, 12, from the Cartulary, with more witnesses.
No. eotdx.)
(Liber Albus fo 90. ^'^- Charter of John, 26 March, 1200. Printed in Rotuli
Trans. Vol. III. Chartarum I., 40, and in Chetham Society XXVL, 16.
fo. 190. Cartulary, No. cclxx.)
(Liber Albus, fo. 90. 675. Charter of Hugh bishop of Coventry, notifying that
'^'fo^'ili'.' ^^^ ™ consideration of the poverty of the monks of St. Martin of
See Chetham Society S^es, and their good reputation and humility, he grants them
XSVI., 113. for ever six marcs a year from the church of Crostonne, to be
NrccSl.) P^^*^ ^y *^^* ^^®^^ whom the monks, to whom rightfully belongs
• Crosses inserted here. ^ Trans, and H. 938 : " Teste episcopo."
' Trans. : " Cioestercienei," ; H. 938 : " Cicestriensi."
* Trans. : " Koss " ; " Rost' " in H. 938.
240
ABBEY OF ST. MARTIN, SJlBS.
the presentation, shall present to liim or his successors, turee
marcs at Michaelmas an J three at Easter ; and if ihe cleik fails
to pay within fifteen days of the appointed time, he shall be
bound to pay a penalty often shillings in addition.
[1189-1199,] 676. Charter of Hugh abbot of Sees and the convent, notifj-ing
(Liber Albus.fo. 97. that they have granted to Robert de Borna, servant of the
lord John count of Mortain {Mauritonio), and his heirs all the
holding that was held of them by Osbern priest of La Rogate,
except the churches of La Rogate and Hertingues, with their
appurtenances, paying the prior of Arundel, yearly, for the said
holding fifteen shillings, namely forty-five pence each quarter.
Robert and his successors are to render the same dues to them
and the said prior as Osbern did.
Trans. Vol. III.
fo. 193.
(Cartulary,
!No. «cexxxiv.)
1196.
(fjiber Albus, fo. 97.
Traus. Vol. III.
fo. 192.
Cartulary,
No. ccxcix.)
677. Charter of Hugh^ abbot of Sees and the convent
addressed generally. They grant to the monks of Hest and
Mendeham^ all their portion of the church of Mendeham, with
all its appurtenances, for ever, lor an annual rent of 100 shillings
sterling {stellingorum), half at Michaelmas and half at Easter,
after the decease or resignation (recessum) of Benedict dean of
Mendeham, on condition that the said Benedict is to pay the
monks of Hest the pension of five marcs, which he used to
pay to themselves, which pension the monks of Hest are to pay
[back] to them at the said terms. This was done with the
assent and [good]will of Roger de Huntingfeld/ knight, patron
of the said portion, which patronage they have granted to
Roger, that Roger and his heirs, and also the monks of Hest
themselves may the more faithfully keep this agreement.
Facta fuit hee charta anno ab incamatione Domini m°c°xcvio*
His testibus : S[ansone] abbate sancti Edmundi ; (abbate de
Hulmo ; magistro P. de Eilneia ; Herberto priore de Sancto
Sepulchre de Neford ; R. decano de Eief ; magistro 0. de
Hopot[una] ; magistro H. de Bort ; Simone de Flenlindun ; W.
filio Walterii ; Ingelgero de Guisnon ; Waltero de Rovinton ; O.
de Corchum ; Huberto Waltero ; Radulfo de Modef[orda].°)
1 " Henricus " in H. 938. ^ " Est de Mendeham " in H. 938.
' " Huntinguefelde " in H. 938. ■• " Mcxvi." erroneously in H. 938.
Names within the brackets supplied from H. 938 ; Transcript gives only " etc."
241
ABBEY OF ST. MARY, SILLY,
FOR PREMONSTRATENSIAN CANONS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OF SEES.
[Original Bocuments and Copies in Archives of the Orne.
MS. Lat. 11,059 in Bihliotheque Nationale}]
[N. D.] 678. Charter of abbot Warin (Oarinus) and the whole
(Original in archives convent of St. Pierre-sur-Dives notifying that they have granted
^™kf mtV^ *° their lady the empress for ever the land of St. Leonard of
GoufFer to do what she wiU with it ; for which grant she has
given them ten pounds of Anjou.
His testibus : ll[otrodo] episcopo Ebroicensi ; Godarto de
VaUibus ; Roberto filio Hamonis ; Willelmo de Angervilla ;
Laurentio capellano^ filio Roscelini. Datum apud Pratum.
[N. D.] 679. Charter of the empress Mathildis addressed to the
(Original in archives.bisliop of Sees and her officers etc. of Argentan and of Nor-
XT T /fQQ ^3
MS lat to 24d ) ^"^^^^Yt French and English. She gives to St. Mary of Goffer
and Drogo its founder and the other brethren the land of St.
Leonard of Goffer whicli she bought from the abbot of St.
Pierre-sur-Dives for 101. of Anjou, and the house of Columbellus
and his land in the new bourg of her castle of Argentan etc. . .
His testibus : Rotrodo episcopo Ebroicensi ; Godardo de
VaUibus ; Roberto filio Hamerici ; Guillelmo de Angervilla ;
Laureritio capellano ; Roscelino filio Clarembaldi ; Hugone in
ederico(?) ; Galtero de Genes. Apud Rothomagum.
[1154-1164.] 680. Charter of the empress Mathildis, daughter of king
(Copies in archives, Henry addressed to the archbishop of Rouen and all her officers
an?H °m7 °^ Normandy, especially those of Argentan. For the souls of
Trans. Vol. III. her father king Henry, her mother queen Maud, and her
fo. 294. husbands (sponsorwm) Henry emperor of Alniain (de Alle-
MS. lat., o. 2 .) rfj^mq^iifj^) an(j Geoffrey duke of Normandy and count of Anjou,
of her son William, and for her own weal [and that] of Henry
king of England and her children, she gives in alms for ever
to St. Mary of Gouffer and to Drogo its founder and all the
brethren there serving God a certain waste etc
and the land of St, Leonard which she bought from the
monastery of St. Pierre-sur-Dives.
^ A fine 12th cent. Cartulary.
Clarembaldo " has apparently been omitted in Transcript.
e 92684.
242 ABBEY OF SILLY.
[1154-1164.]
His testibus : Eotrodo episcopo Ebroicensi ; Willelmo filio
meo ; Godardo de Vall[ibus]i . Roberto filio Hamonis ; Roscelino
filio Claremb[aldi]^ ; Willelmo de Angervilla ; Laurentio
capellano ; Hugone capellano ; Eustachio de Forehia^ ; Galtero
de Gelneia.* Apud Rothomagum.
[1156-7.] 681. Charter of Henry II. addressed to all his officers of
(Copy in arcMres, Normandy and especially to those of Argentan. Ee gives to
MS.?at^*fa246 ^t. Mary of Gxiffer and Drogo its founder and all the brethren
See Deiisie's ' there lands in Normandy [specified] for the souls of king Henry
Cartulaire J\'ormand,}^iQ grandfather and Geofl:rey count of Anjou his father, and for
^°' ^'^ the weal of the Empress his mother, including the land of St.
Leonard of Goffer which the Empress bought from the monks
of St. Pierre-sur-Dives.
Testibus : Matilde imperatrice matre Regis, et Thoma
cancellario, et Gaufrido et Willelmo fratribus regis, et Huberto
de VaUibus, et Huberto de Helyun. Apud Rothomagum.
[1158-60.] 682. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Original in archives, Rouen and all his officers of Normandy. He confirms the first
US.U.t.'fo%5d.) charter of the empress supra. -, ^. x ^ ■*
Testibus : Thoma cancellario, et Man[essero] Biset dapitero,
et Richardo de Luci, et Roberto de Dunst[anvilla], et
Stephano de Bello Campo. Apud Argentonum.
[1156-1159.] 683. Charter of the empress Mathildis, daughter of king
(Copy in archives, Henry addressed to the bishop of Sees and all her officers of
Trans Vof III *^^ vicoTuU of Argentan. She gives in alms for ever to St.
fo. 295*. Mary of Gouffern and Drogo its founder and the other canons
MS. lat., fo. 246.) there serving God two nnuids of wheat and one of barley,
every year, from her mills of Argentan.
His testibus : Herberto episcopo Abrincatensi^ ; Villelmo
de Angervilla ; Stephano de Bellocampo ; Eustachio de Forchia^ ;
Waltero filio Ernaldi. Apud Rothomagum.
[1156-1159.] 684. Charter of Henry II. addressed to all his officers of
(Copy in archives, Argentan, confirming the above charter of the empress.
Trans Volf ill Testibus hiis : Thoma cancellario ; Stephano de Bellocampo ;
fo. !J96. Maness[ero] Biset dapifero ; Ricardo scriptore. Apud Rotho-
MS. lat., fo. 25rf.) magum.
[1165-1174.] 685. Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Original in archives, Rouen and all his officers of Normandy. He grants to the
Trans Yol. ni. church of St. Mary of Giiflfer and the canons there serving God,
fo. 296. the church of St. Leonard, which Robert de Sancto Leonardo
MS. lat., fo. 20.) lias given them in almoin for ever, with all its appurtenances.
' Trans. : " Valle " ; so also Cartulary. ^ " Doroest " wrongly in Transcript.
2 " Scotia " in Cartulary. * " des Gesneia " in Cartulary.
" Trans. : " Abrincacensi." " " Scochia " in CaitnlaTy.
ABBEY OF SILLY. 24&
[1165-1174]
Testibus : Frogero episcopo Sagiensi ; Kicardo archidiacono
Pictaviensi ; Ricardo de Humeto constabulario ; Manesaero
Biset, dapifero ; Willelmo de Curceio dapifero ; Roberto de
Hasting[es] ; Roberto de Bruecourt ; Hugone de Morevilla.
Apud Argentonum.
[] 176-1181.] 686. Charter of Henry II. addressed geneially. He grants
(MS.lat.fo. 26.) to earl William de Mauudevilla all the land which Robert de
Say has rightfully given him [Norman locality] and that which
Nicola de Bel Altel has rightfully sold him [Norman locality].
Testibus : Gaufrido comite Brittanie ; Willelmo comite
Gloecestrie ; Roberto comite Lecgr[ecestrie] ; Richardo de Aufay j
Gaufrido de Sai ; Widone de Sancto Walerico ; Simone de BeUo
Campo ; Hugone Talebot ; Gilleberto de Ver. Apud Wintoniam.
[1176-1181.] 687. Charter of [earl] William de Mand[evilla] notifying
^MS. lat., fo. 30.) his grant, in frankalmoin for ever, to the canons of Silli of his
houses at Blancfosse, which he has from Robert de Saieto.
Hiis testibus: Guillelmo abbate de Mort[uo]mari ; Hugone
eapellano ; Henrico de Ver ; Radulfo de Mandevilla ; Richardo de
M.ont[e ?] ; W. ejus lilio ; W. bruncoste ; Wiscard Ledet ; Roberto
de Lovetot ; Roberto Wascel[ini ?] ; Radulfo de Corendone^ ;
Hugone de Cambai ■ Henrico fratre sqo ; Gilleberto clerico ;
Radulfo de Burnovilla ; Thoma clerico.
[1176-1181.] 688. Charter of WiUiam de Mandevilla, earl of Essex, granting
(MS. lat., Eo. 30rf.) to his Serjeant (servienti) Hugh Torel, for his service and homage,
the land he has bought from Richard Coue, etc.
Hiis testibus: Willelmo abbate de Mortuomari; Hugone
eapellano ; Henrico de Ver ; Radulfo de Mandevilla ; Guichardo
Letet ; Hugone de Cambrai ; Henrico de Cam[brai] ; Adraano
fratre suo ; Thoma clerico ; Gilleberto de Pratis ; Hugone de
Albitin' ; Huberto de Thalamo ; Tostano L'orloc, et plures alii.
[1184-9.] 689. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants
(MS. lat., fo. 25</.) to St. ,Mary of Goufer and its canons the gift of Robert de Clopel
and Fulc and Gilbert his sons of their right of presentation to
the church of St. Lambert as given by them in his presence and
that of Walter archbishop of Rouen, and with their assent and
that of Fulc de Aunou, Robert's lord, at the city of Sees, etc.
Testibus : Gaufrido filio et cancellario meo ; Stephano de
Tur[onis] senescallo Andegavie ; Petro filio Guidonis ;
Haimeric filio Ivonis ; Willelmo de Mara ; Willelmo filio Aldelini ;
Gilleberto filio Rainfridi ; Hamone Pinsc^[ema] ; Stephano de
Tumeham (sic). Apud Andeg[avum].
[? 1190.] 690. Charter of Richard I. addressed to all his officers of
(Fidmas in archives, Normandy. He takes under his protection Ralf abbot of Silly^
H. 1098. g^jj^j ^Yl that abbey and all its property. They are therefore to
Trans. Vol. III. j n xi.- r t ■ n "1
fo. 298.) guard all tnis as oi his own demesne etc
Teste Willelmo abbate de Mortis mari, apud Andegavas*
xiij. die Januarii.
1 Should probably be " Torendone." ^ The " s " dotted beneath for deletion.
' Said to have died Sept. 1189. " Trans. -. " Andegavensem."
q2
244
ABBEY OF SILLY.
1202. 691. Notification of the settlement of a dispute between the
(Original m^archives. abbot and Convent of Silly and Warin de Bello Altari. The abbot
and canons are to hold of him and his heirs all that William earl
of Essex held in the fief of Bel Autel (Bello altari) from Robert
de Fay, Garin's father, etc
Actum est hoc apud Cadomum et rotulo scacarii confirmatum
regnante Johanne rege Anglorum (sic), Radulfo Tesson senescallo
Normannie, Anno verbi incamati M°cc° secundo.
245
ABBEY OF ST. MARY, LA TRAPPE,
FOR CISTERCIAN MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OF SEES.
[Original Documents in Archives of the Orne.]
[1159-1162.] 692, Charter of Henry II. addressed to the archbishop of
(Ancient transcript Rouen and all his officers of Normandy. He gives to the abbey
''h''i863^'' °* ^*- ^^^ of I^a Trappe and the monks there serving God, in
Trans. Vol. ni. frank almoin for ever, for the weal of his soul and [those] of
fo. 310.) his predecessors, heirs and successors, his farm (meiteiria) of
Maheru, etc. [full details].
Testibus: H[ugone] archiepiscopo Rothomagensi ; A[mulfo]
episcopo Lexoviensi ; F[rogero] episcopo Sagiensi; Ricardo de
Humeto constabulario ; Gaufrido de Bonmoulin; Herberto de
Sancta Scolastica. Apud Argentonium.
[1159-1162.] 693. Charter of Henry II. giving the same farm, for his
(Original in archives, weal and that of his children, and for the souls of his pre-
Portfonofseal. decessors.
Trans. Vol. III. Testibus : Amulfo episcopo Lexoviensi ; Frogero episcopo
fo. 311.) Sagiensi ; Roberto filio comitis Legrecestrie ; Ricardo de Humeto
constabulario; Gaufrido de Bruecort; Gilberto fratre suo;
Herberto de Sancta Scolastica. Apud Argentonium.
1191. 694. Charter of Mathildis countess of Perche, confirming a
(Original in archives, gift of lands [Norman] by Girard de Aspris, with the assent of
T ns Vol^ill *'-^ ^^^ sons, of his wife Mary, and his eldest son's wife Annete,
fo. 312.2) " to the abbey (domui Dei) of La Trappe.
Teste me ipsa, apud Mauritaniam.
' Clearly spurious in this form.
2 On same fo. is a charter [H. 1846] of her husband count Geoffrey, on his
return Irom crusade, also confirming it.
246
ABBEY OF ST. PETER, ALMENESCHES,
FOR BENEDICTINE NUNS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OF SEES.
[Original Documents in Archives of the Orne.]
[Girc. 1194.] 695. Charter of Seiffrid II. bishop of Chichester. In con-
(Original in archives, sideration of the poverty and the high reputation of the nuns
Tranf ™Ti' I p ^n '^^ Albenesches (sic), he assigns them, from compassion, an
annual pension of 15 marcs from the churches of Clinpingh[es]
Rustintun[e] and Fordes, namely, 100 shillings from that of
Clinpingh[es], a moiety at Easter and a moiety at Michaelmas ;
sixty from that of Rustintun[e] similarly ; forty from that of
Fordes similarly.
Hiis testibus : Ricardo thesaurario ; magistro Silvestro archi-
diacono; magistro Radulfo de Fordes; magistro Willelmo de
Kainesham, canonicis Cicestrie ; Roberto de Lond[onia]capellano;
Stepliano et David clericis, et aliis multis.
[? 1190.] 696. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He has
26 June. taken under his protection the abbey of Aumaresches, its nuns
(Original in archives, and its possessions. They are therefore to be guarded as his
Fragment of seal. „ ,„ „,„ „ , „ " °
Tranf. Vol. I. p. 2.) OWn etc., etC.
Teste me ipso xxvj. die Junii, apud Chinon.
247
ABBEY OF ST. MARY, LONLAY,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP LE MANS.
[Cartulary}]
[1156-1159.] 697. Writ of Henry II. as king etc., and count of Mortain
(Cartulary of Loniay. addressed to his barons, officers, and foresters. They are to allow
^"^To 93°^ ^^® abbey of Loniay to enjoy all its privileges in his dominions,
and especially in his^ forest of La-Lande-Pourrie (Landa
Putrida) as in the time of king Henry his grandfather. No
one is to wrong the abbey, or exact fresh dues from it, or
diminish its rights.
Teste Ricardo de Lucy, apud Lyons.
[1171, Aug.] 698. Charter of Henry II. addressed generally. He grants to
(Cartulary of Loniay. the abbey of Lonlay and its monks quittance of all dues,
^f°^90^ ^^ throughout his dominions and the seaports, on all that their
men can declare to be intended for their food or clothing. Ten
pounds penalty for infringement.
Test[ibus]^ (Johanne ?) de Oxentfort; Eicardo de Can villa* ;
Symone de Tomebu. Apud Motam de Ger.
[1183-8.] 699. Writ -of Henry II. addressed to all bailiffs in whose
(Cartulary of Loniay. bailiwicks the monks of Loniay hold lands. They are to enjoy
^'^^"^■gT"''^^' all their accustomed rights, and no one is to do them wrong.
^ Teste W[illelmo] clerico de camera,^ apud Domfront.
[1190, 24) June.] 700. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He has
(Cartulary of Loniay. taken under his protection the abbey of Loniay and everything
''^^f'^ 94°'! ^^ belonging to it ; and it is therefore to be guarded like his own
demesne. Any wrong done to it is to be promptly amended. It
^ M. D'Anisy did not mention where this Cartulary was preserved, and its present
deposit is unknown. These Transcripts [1836] are helieved to represent the latest
reference to its existence. Although the abbey was in the diocese of Le Mans, its
original documents are preserved in the archives of the Orne. They are few and
unimportant.
2 The writ changes here to the plural style, and, as the forest in question seeml»
to have belonged to the count of Mortain, it would appear that the king here
associated the count with himself. In that case the writ must be previous to the
death of count William [1159].
3 Trans. . " Teste de Oxentford." * Trans. . " Cauvilla."
* Trans, : " Cam'."
248 ABBEY OF LONLAY.
[1190.]
is to enjoy all the privileges it was entitled to in his father's
time, and in that of his other predecessors, as ascertained in the
assize of the king his father at Domfront. It is not to be
impleaded for any of its holdings except before himself, or
before his chief justice while he is in the service of God on
crusade (in itinere Hierosolimitano).
Teste me ipso apud Turonum, vicesimo quarte die Junii.
249
ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL,
FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS,
IN THE
DIOCESE OP AVRANCHES.
[^Original Charters in Archives of La Manche} and in private
hands ; Cartulary in Public Library of Avranches, No. 210.^]
[i024-6.] 701. Charter of Richard [II.] duke and prince of the
(Cartulary, fo. 21.' Normans. Seeking to escape the pains of hell and obtain the
"^^o J\h^^ j°y^ °^ paradise, after the death of his body, he delivers to
Mout St. Michel, and the brethren there serving God as monks
a certain vill of his own alod (alodii) in the Bessin, Versuin
by name, with all its lands cultivated or not, and all the mills,
with meadows and woods. This he does for the redemption of
his soul and those of his father and mother, his wife and his
sons. Curses on those who violate this testimony of his, gift
(hujus donationis testamentuTn).
[Signa] Eichardi magni comitis ; Richardi filii ejus ; Rotberti
filii ejus ; Willelmi ; Gonnor matris comitis ; Papie uxoris
comitis ; Rotberti archiepiscopi ; Hugonis Baiocensis episcopi ;
Hugonis Ebroicensis episcopi ; Maugisi Abrincatensis episcopi.
[? 1026.] 702, Charter of Richard [II.] duke and prince of the
(Original in archives." Normans. Seeking to escape the pains of hell, and obtain the
^Tm^'^oI.' IL 3°y^ °^ paradise, after the death of his body, he delivers to
fo. 209.) Mont St. Michel, and the brethren there serving God as monks,
the abbey of St. Pair (Sanctus Paternus) in the C6tentin etc.
etc. (lands in Normandy specified) and the land of Peter the
monk in the island of Gersoi, . . . also a certain vill in the
Bessin, Versum by name .... Moreover he confirms his
mother's gift of Britavilla, of which she made offering to Mont
St. Michel for her weal and that of his father and of himself
and his brothers, and which was of her dower
(privileges of the abbey defined). All this he delivers to God
and St Michael for the redemption of his soul, for the weal of
[those of] his father, mother, and wife, his son Richard and his
other sons, by whose consent etc. [as in Gonnor's charter].
' These have not yet been calendared in France ; but Mons. Dolbet, Archiriste
of La Manche, has been good enough to ascertain which of the original charters
are still in his Archives and to collate the attestations.
2 The earlier portion of this fine cartulary was compiled about the middle of the
12th century. It closes on fo. 112.
' The modem numbering has been adopted.
•• Now only a vidimus by the king of France in December ] 334.
250 ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL.
[? 1026.
[Signa] Eichardi comitis ; Eiehardi filii ejus ; Eotberti filii
ejus. Ego Maugisus sancte Abrincatensis ecclesie episcopus
hanc donationis cartulam manu propria voluntarie confirmo.
T[estes] Eotbertus archiepiscopus ; Hugo episcopus Ebroicensis ;
Herbertus episcopus Luxoviensis ; Niellus vicecomes ; Tursten
vicecomes ; Alveredus vicecomes ; Walterius vicecomes ;
Eichardus vicecomes; Guimundus vicecomes; Huberfcus; Os-
bernus[?] frater comitisse ; Hunfredus frater ejus ; Eoscelinus ;
Normannus Silveron^ ; Bernardus filius ejus; Osbemus filius
Arfast ; Eanulfus frater ejus; Hugo clericus, et multi alii.
[N. D.] 703. Charter of Gonnor [relict of Duke Eichard]. In fear
(Cartulary ,2 to. 24. for the greatness of her crimes, and desiring the joy of life in
'^''To.ndO "■ heaven, she delivers to Mont St. Michel and the brethren there
serving God, as their possession for ever, two alods (aloda),
namely Britavilla and Domjean {donnwm? Johannem) which,
her husband count Eichard, of blessed memory, had given her,
with more [estates], in dower ; [and this she does] chiefly for the
good of his soul, and then for the weal of her own soul and
body, and then for the weal of her sons count Eichard, arch-
bishop Eobert, and others, who give their consent ....
These alods she bestows on the abbey, [calling] Christ and the
whole church to witness, with [their] lands, cultivated or not,
churches, mills, meadows, and all appurtenances, and with all
the rents and dues which she has possessed there to that day,
to hold free of claim or question from any of her successors,
relatives or any one else. Curses on those who infringe the
gift.
[Signa] Eotberti archiepiscopi ; Maalgerii ; Eotberti* ; Hugonis
Constanciensis episcopi ; Hugonis Baiocensis episcopi ; Hugonis
Sais episcopi ; Eogeri episcopi ; Norgoti episcopi ; Heldeberti
abbatis ; Willelmi abbatis ; Uspac abbatis ; Willelmi Laici^ ;
[Signa] Eotberti comitis ; Godefridi ; Willelmi ; Eadulfi ;
Tursteni : Tescelini vicecomitis ; Herluini ; Anschetil vice-
comitis ; Willelmi filii Tursteni ; Hugonis Laici ; Gerardi ;
Osmundi clerici ; Gauf ridi ; Arfast ; Nielli^ ; Guimundi ;
Anschitilli ; Milonis ; Eainaldi ; Odonis ; Eannulfi.
[1028-1034.] 704. Charter of count Eotbert, son of Eichard the Great
(Original in archives, duke and prince of the Normans, restoring to St. Michael
''""'^f ^' Xn')^^' hi^ altar, with the whole monastery, for the monks to enjoy
. ' ' all the offerings made there by God's faithful people, for the
profit of the place, that it may never more be in the custody of
[any] clerks or laymen, but of the abbot of monks. And this
1 Punctuation of Transcript wrong here.
2 Also a vidimus of 1334 in the Archives. In the Cartulary, this charter is
preceded by a representation of Gonnor granting hers to the abbot and monks,
and followed by one [in two compartments] of the death of Eichard, in which the
monks are seen placing the gift on the altar for him, " per brachium sanctl
Autberti " (as another charter expresses it) apparently. These drawings are copied
in d'Anisy's Transcript. The original charter of Eichard is headed : " Carta quam
" comes Eichardus fecit Sancto Miohaeli ante obitum suum Fiscanno."
" Trans. : " donum." ■* Omitted in Transcript.
5 Cart. : " Willelmi laici " « Trans. : " Melli."
ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL.
251
[1028-1034.]
he does for the good of the ^ouls of his relatives, of his father
and mother, his brothers and sisters, and his own. Curses on
violators of the charter. He, by the grace of God, duke of
the Normans, confirms the gift, making, with his own hand,
the sign of the cross, and causes it to be confirmed by the
witness of these his lieges : —
Hugo Baiocensis episcopus ; HerbertuS Lesvicacensis epis-
copus ; Hugo Abrincatensis episcopus ; Johannes Fiscanensis
abba (sic) ; Gislebertus filius Godefridi comitis ; Anschitillus
Baiocensis vicecomes ; Hugo vicecomes filius Turstingi ; Kicardus
de Crolei ; Rodulfus Taisson et frater ejus Ernis ; Osbertus
filius Erfasti ; Nigellus vicecomes ; Falco filius Gerardi ;
Eabel ; Willelmus filius Turstingi, et alii quam plures. Suppo
monachus, Jozelinus monachus.^
[1028-1034.] 705. Charter of Eoberfc, duke and prince of the Normans,
(Original in archives, son of Kichard the great, confirming to the abbey of Mont
""' " " "" St. Michel, the gifts of his predecessors, and granting them, of
his own substance, the following : half the island of Greveroy
absolutely, and from the other half, held in benejicio by Nigel,
all the dues reserved to his own use, namely melagium, and
all others ; also, in the Avranchin, St. Jean on the sea with all
its appurtenances [specified] ; and there also, all his rights in
the town of Bevron, with eight mills etc., etc. ; further, in
the Bessin, five mills and a church in Versun on the (Dldun.
These gifts they are to hold for ever as belonging to his demesne
(Jtscum, cUmhinicum).
[Signa] Rotberti archiepiscopi ; Herbert! episcopi ; Hugonis
episcopi ; Hugonis Ebrocacensis episcopi ; Ego Rotbertus
princeps Norhmannorum gracia Dei dux, banc donationem
manu propria corroboravi, et meis fidelibus corroborandam
tradidi ; [Signa] Rogerii filius (sic) Hugonis ; Rotberti pincerna
(sic) ; Nigelli vicecomitis ; Nigelli filii ejus ; Goifredi Farself vice-
comitis ; Aymonis vicecomitis ; Hugonis vicecomitis ; Rogeri
filii Eodulfi ; Turstingi vicecomitis ; [Gozilini vicecomitis ;
Rodulfi vicecomitis ; Turoldi constabili^].^
Cartulary, fo. 26.
Trans. Vol. 11.
fo. 225.)
[Oi/rc. 1042.]
(On same charter
as preceding.
Cartulary, 29d.)
706. Charter of William count of the Normans, son of count
Robert. He grants to St. Michael and his servants his islands of
Serch and Aurrene^ [in exchange] for the other half of Grenere,*
which his father count Robert had given them for his soul,
and which he [William] has restored to Eanulf son of Anschitil.
Testes donationis : Willelmi filii Rotberti comitis ; Hugo epis-
copus Abricensis ; WiUelmus filius Villelmi ; Niellus juvenis ;
Haduiardus^ Rex ; Hunfredus Namo ; Willelmus filius Rainoldi ;
Rogerius filius Hunfredi ; Loffredus vicecomes ; Hugo filius
Huberti ; Hunfredus parvus.
' Slight inaccnracies in the attestations as given in Transcript.
2 The Cartulary omits the names within the brackets.
' Sic in Cartulary ; " Sercam et Arenon " in original ; Trans. : " Arrenon."
* Sic in Cartulary ; " Guerneroy " in Transcript.
5 " Eadwardus " in Transcript ; " Hatuardus " in Cartulary. M. Dehsle iHistoire
du Chateau et des sires de St. Sauveur. Preuves, p. 1 9) reads " Hatuardus " from
the Cartulary.
252
ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL.
[N. D.] 707. Charter of Kestald formerly ship-master of Rotbert
(Cartulary, fo. 55d. count of Normandy, on receiving at length the long-desired
Trans. Vol. II. i ^ , rrVi. -j . ■ •Taxx.i.
fo. 230.) garb or a monk. The said most pious prince Kotbert, approving
what he has done, has given him a small island, called Keite-
hulm' as a possession for ever. This, with all he has acquired
or possesses, he gives, after his death, to St. Michael and the
brethren serving him, to be their inheritance, on condition that
he is made a partaker in all their almsgiving and good deeds,
and is enrolled as their brother and fellow for ever.
[N. D.] 708. Charter of Edward [the Confessor] king of the
(Cartulary, fo. 32d.) English, granting to the abbey St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall,
'^''To''23i!' "■ etc. Printed in Monasticon Ang. VI. 989 ; Codex Dip. IV. 251
(but with witnesses in different order).
[Signa] Regis Edwardi^ ; Rotberti comitis ; Rabel ; Rotberti
Rothomagensis ; Herberti Luxoviensis episcopi ; Rotberti epis-
copi Constanciensis ; Uufredi ; Nigelli vicecoraitis ; Anschitilli ;
Radulfi ; Chosehet ; Turstini.
[Give. 1050.] 709. Charter of WilUam, duke and prince of the Normans,
(Cartulary, fo. 30. permitting the gift of La Croix (wctts Crucis) with its appur-
^'fo!'23i!)"' tenances [specified] to Mont St. Michel by Adelelm a knight,
who had received it in fee (heneficium) from duke Robert.
Nomina testium : Ego Willelmus Dei gracia Normannorum
dux et princeps banc donationis cartulam propria manu corro-
boravi et meis episcopis ac primatibus corroborandam tradidi.
[Signa] Adelelmi militis hujus donationis largitor et auctor;
Beatricis uxoris ejus ; Rotberti filii ejus. Ego Hugo Abrinca-
censis episcopus manu propria firmo. [Signa] Malgeri archie-
piscopi ; Hugonis Ebrocacensis episcopi ; Hugonis Luxoviensis
episcopi ; Nielli vicecomitis. ; Willelmi filii Willelmi comitis ;
Robert! pincerne ; Ricardi vicecomitis ; Willelmi fratris ejus ;
Hamonis vicecomitis ; Radulfi [Taisson] : fratris ejus Hernisi" ;
Gaufridi vicecomitis ; [Gisleberti Crispini ; fratris ejus Willelmi ;
Hugonis vicecomitis* ;] Turstingi filii Rainaldi ; Guilelmi fratris
ejus ; Turstinci vicecomitis ; Hugonis filii Huberti ; Hugonis
Paisfolet ; Turstini Gazel ; Guidonis filii Rainaldi comitis ;
Richardi filii Turstinci ; Rotberti fratris ejus ; Ranulfi filii
Ascelini.
[1054. 710. Charter of William Pichenoht notifying that, on
Christmas.] becoming a monk in the abbey of Mont St. Michel, he gives it
(Originalinarchives.sperella and all its appurtenances, the gift being allowed by
'^'^'fo! 2T4.) ^^' William count of Normandy, son of count Robert, and con-
firmed by him on Christmas day before the altar of Rouen
Cathedral, in the sight and hearing of Malger archbishop of
^ " Keitehuml " in Cartulary.
2 Edwabdi here in Cartulary [and Edwakdus in text of doownent]. Trans-
cript gives " Eadwardus " and " Eadwardi." M. Delisle (ut supra, p. 20) reads
"Eduardi" and "Bduardus" from the Cartulary, omits the bishops of Lisieux
and Coutances, and pronounces the charter suspicious (Cf. Freeman's Norman
Conquest, II. 519-520).
' " Ernezii " in Transcript.
'' Transcript omits the names -within the brackets. » And Cartulary, fo, 3irf.
ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL.
253
[1054.]
Rouen, Hugh bishop of Avranches, Roger de Bellomonte, Rogero
de Montgulmerio, Richard the vicomte, and, of St. Michael's men,
Hilger de Ardevone, Thesceliu his brother, Reginald de Grandi-
valle, and Ralf de Sancto Johanne. Count William has made the
above bishops, before the altar, excommunicate all who should
infringe this gift.
Anno ab incarnatione domini mol°iiii° indictione septima
facta est hec donatio. [Signa] Willelmi comitis^ ; Maalgerii
archiepiscopi ; Hugonis episcopi Abrincatensis ; Rogerii de
Bellomonte ; Rogerii de Montgulmerio^ ; Ricardi vicecomitis ;
Hilgerii de Ardevone ; Thescelini fratris ejus ; Raginaldi* de
Grandivilla* : Radulfi de Sancto Johanna.
[1061.]
(Original [?] in
archives *
Trans. Vol. II.
fo. 236.)
711. Charter of William, by the grace of God duke of all
Normandy. At the earnest request of Ranulf abbot of St.
Michael's monastery, he grants that house (locus) the mill of
Veim, which his father Robert had given it, but which abbot
Suppo had wrongfully sold to Ralf the moneyer, the monks
opposing it. On Ranulf succeeding as abbot, it was ascertained
and decided in his [the duke's] court that the mill ought to
belong to the monks of St. Michael. He grants, therefore, that
this mill, which is called the count's mill, shall belong to St,
Michael for ever, for the sustenance of his monks. He appends
with his own hand, to secure this gift, the sign of the cross.
[Signa] Gloriosissimi^ duels Guillelmi' ; Mathildis comitisse ;
Maurilii archiepiscopi Rothomagensis ; Johannis presulis Abrin-
censis ; Hugonis presulis Luxoviensis ; Rotberti Bertranni ;
Stigandi dapiferi ; Radulfi cubicularii ; Richardi vicecomitis.
Hec carta facta est apud Rothomagum anno dominice incarna-
tionis Millesimo sexagesimo primo, indictione xiii.
[N. D.]
(Roll in archives.^
Trans. Vol. II.
fo. 237.)
712. Memorandum concerning the mill which came into pos-
session of St. Michael's monks, and which John son of Richard
endeavoured to claim, that claim being disposed of by judgment
of the nobles of the land. Duke Robert, who had held it in
demesne, gave it, with many other gifts, to the abbey. On his
death, returning from Jerusalem, abbot Suppo gave the mill to
Ranulf the moneyer, the monks unanimously opposing the gift.
But afterwards, in the time of abbot Ranulf, the mill came to
Gualeran son of [the above] Ranulf, other heirs failing, and
' William's signum precedes " Anno " in the Cartulary.
2 " demongulmerio " in Cartulary. ^ " Eainaldi " in Cartulary.
* Trans. : " Grandivalle.''
5 And fo. 28 of Cartulary. Note by M. Dolbet : " Nous avons aux Archives
I'original de la charte de molendino comitis avec laquelle celle-gi a ^te fabriquee.
Nous avons aussi cette charte, qui pour moi n'est pas un original."
^ Cartulary inserts : " Normannorum."
' Cartulary here continues : " Testes autem affuerunt Johannes presul Abrin-
censis ; Hugo presul Luxoviensis ; Kotbertus Bertram ; Eichardus vioecomes ;
Eadulfus oubicularius ; Kadulfus Alius ejus ; et alii quam plurimi."
8 Note by M. Dolbet : " Ces deux articles ont et6 ^galement pns dans la charte
de molendino comitis." The Cartulary gives the narrative on fo. 27d., followed by
William's charters as duke on fo. 28, and as king on fo. 29.
254 ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL.
[N. D.]
was bought from him at a high price, before many witnesses,
duke William confirming [the purchase] in the presence of his
lieges as lecited (in No. 711 supra).
[1076.] Some fifteen years, more or less, later, when king William
had ascended the throne of England, the said John suddenly
claimed the mill and seized it without making any proof of
his right, abbot Ranulf vigorously resisting, and informing
the king of the wrong done to St. Michael and himself.
At length both parties were summoned before the king's
court, in which sat many of the nobles of the land, of whom
Geoffrey bishop of Coutances was delegated by the king's
authority as judge of the dispute, with Eanulf the vicomte,
Niel son of Niel, Eobert de Vezpunt, and many other capable
{ample opinionis) judges, who diligently and fully examined
the origin of the dispute, and delivered judgement that the mill
ought to belong to St. Michael and his monks for ever. The most
victorious king William approved and confirmed this decision
(diffi,nitionem),comma,nded that it should be set forth in writing,
and gave it validity for ever by these words, affixing his sign :
" I, William, by the grace of God, king of the English and
" prince of the Normans, confirm by this sign of the holy cross,
" the decree of my above-named nobles that the count's mill,
" which abbot Eanulf redeemed, with my approval, from
" Gualeran, should belong for ever to St. Michael for the suste-
" nance of his monks. And none of my successors nor any
" abbot nor monk of the Mount shall have power to alter this
" which has been settled by me and mine."
[Signa] victoriossimi regis Guillelmi; nobilissime Mathildis
regine.
1066 [?].^ 713. Charter of Gerbert de Poterel, notifying that, brought
(Cartulary, fo. 82.) down by poverty, he has by the inspiration of God requested
abbot Eanulf to receive Drogo, a son of his, as a monk, with
half hi's land of Poterel, which he held of the abbot in free
service (liberali servitio) to which the abbot has assented. The
abbot afterwards bought the other half from a certain Eoger
for two pounds in money of Le Mans, in the sight and hearing
of many etc The abbot, treating the land as
demesne, made of it a farm (medietariam) for the use of the
abbey. One day, long afterwards, the above Eoger came across
the swine of St. Michael and wickedly killed the swineherd
(subulcv/m) at the instigation of the devil. Abbot Eanulf
instantly appealed to the count of Normandy, who straightway
banished Eoger from Normandy. Eoger, after some time
unable ' to bear exile, repeatedly begged and implored the abbot
to make his peace with the duke and allow him to be reconciled,
on condition of his abjuring (forsjuraret) the land of Poterel, for
^ Eobert did not become bishop of S&es, it seems, till 10.70, when John bishop
of Avranohes was dead. His name, therefore, throws some doubt on the charter.
Yet the epact and concurrent point to the early part of 1166, so that Robert may
be a scribe's error.
ABBEY OP MONT ST. MICHEL. 255
1066 [■?].
himself and his heirs for ever, before the duke and his nobles
{proceribus). The abbot long refused to listen, but urged at
length by the counsel of the monks and of the barons of the
abbey (ecclesie), he met him in the presence of duke William
on a fixed and appointed day. The agreement was there re-
corded (recordato) and mutually granted and confirmed before
the duke, etc.
[Signa] Guillelmi gloriosissimi principis Normanni ; Eotberti
filii ejus ; Guillelmi filii ejus ; Mathildis uxoris ejus ; Eotberti
Sagiensis episcopi ; Johannis Abrincensis episcopi ; Rogerii de
Monte Gomeri ; Rogerii de Bello Monte ; Richardi proconsuHs ;
Turgisi de Tracei ; Gaufredi de Sai ; Radulfo de Sancto
Johanne ; Hamonis de Bacilleio ; Hugonis propositi de Genecio ;
Morini pistoris ; Ilgerii prepositi de Ardevone. Acta sunt hec
apud Bonamvillam eo anno quo gloriosus Guillelmus princeps
Normannie mare transmeavit Angliamque sibi, Deo comitante,
subjugavit anno ab incarnatione Domini molxvi. Epacta xxij.
Concurrente vj.
[1070-1081.] 714. Recital (Hcec [sic] carta narrat) of the agreement
(.Cartular)', fo. 95.) made at Bayeux, before the queen, between the abbot of Mont
St. Michel and William Paynel {Paganellum). If William has
to fight (habet guerram) for that land which the king
of the English gave him (sibi) with his wife, the agreement
is that Hugh de Bricavilla shall do him, for forty days,
[service] of ward or custody (de guarda vel custodia) with six
other horsemen at his own cost (sese septimuTn de caballaribus
ad suum cibum). And Hugh's nephew (nepos) shall do like-
wise if he shall hold that land " in parage," according to what
he holds. Again, if William shall summon that Hugh, he
shall have him, with two knights, in his company (familia), at
his own cost, or his son, if he shall be free from the abbot's
summons. Nor shall the abbot always prevent William from
having this.^ And he shall so (ita) have in his company
Hugh's nephew and Robert de Cantelupe and William Becheth
and the man (ilium) who shall hold the honour of Scollant.
And if he [William] shall hold a plea (vindictam seu placitum)
he shall have for constituting his court (ad faciendum) the
men he holds of St. Michael, so that they be at their own
homes (dom,os) by evening. And if they are in default to him
for the services here defined (divisa) they shall make him
amends XrectuTn sibi facient) at a manor (m,ansionum,) he holds
of St. Michael. From the land he holds of St. Michael he shall
receive aid for the [redemption from] capture of his body, or
for [the redemption] of his land, if he forfeit it to the king or
the abbot,-or for [his] son by this (hujus) woman, should he be
captured in the service of the king or of the abbot, of whom is
[held] the &e{ (fedus), or for the marriage of one daughter only
by this (hoc) woman. It is agreed that William Paginellus
.' Sense of this clause obscure.
256 ABBEY OF MOXT ST MICHEL.
[1070-1081.]
sball, in the land he holds of the abbot appoint one man to
whom the abbot shall send for the summonses which he has [a
right] to make in the land that William holds of him. If the
summonses are duly made, and he who has notice does not
come, the abbot shall receive the penalty (forisfacturam,);
but if the summoner omit to make the summons, he shall pay
eighteen shillings to the abbot, who shall thenceforth make the
summons by a messenger of his own. It is agreed that William
Paginellus shall yearly receive twelve oaks, chosen by himself
(ad suuTTi cois) in the wood of Longueville (longa villa) as far
as the water called Ars, and he shall not have more than
twelve, except by the abbot's consent (per abbatem). It is
agreed that the abbot shall give him yearly provision (proven-
dariv/ni) of wax, or twenty shillings ; and it is in the abbot's
choice {cois) to give him which he prefers ; and this [is] for the
reliefs (relevationibus) of Cantelupe and for the pasture of
Lalande, if the men of Cantelupe can prove their right to it
(illam de raisneer) in the court of William Paginellus of
Lanidande which William Paginellus claims in fee {interrogat
in fedo). When it comes in Mont St. MicheP it is respited {in
respectu) until [it comes] before the king. It is agreed, con-
cerning the seven peers {paribus) of the honour which William
Paginellus holds of the abbot, that he shall summon them in
his [own] court. If they are willing to go {ambulare) of their
own accord, they shall go if they are free from the service of
the abbot. If they are unwilling to go (ire), William Paginellus
; must prove {de raisneer) this in the abbot's court by tenants of
the honour which he received with his wife, who have seen
them in his service by the custom due from their predecessors
{consuetudinem antecessorum suorum).
Hujus cause testes existunt : presul Abrincensis Michael ;
episcopus Sagiensis Eobertus ; Rogerius de Montegomeri ;
Richardus proconsul ; Rogerius de Bellomonte ; Hubertus de
Eia ; Unfredus de Bohon ; Hubertus de Porfcu ; Turgisus de
Tracei ; Alvredus Malbedenc ; Gauf redus de Sai.
[?] 1085. 715. Charter of Robert count of Mortain giving St. Michael's
(Original [?] in Mount, Cornwall to Mont St. Michel. Printed in Monasticon
Tra^ n.'2i2.) ^'r^HoanvMi VI.« 989.
[1087-1091.] 716. Charter of Robert count of Mortain and Almodis his
(Original in archives.'' wife. They give to St. Michael and the monks Luduhanum^ a
^■^^Ins^VoLlL' '"^'^o^ o* Richard son of Turulf, near the Mount, and the
fo.'243.) holding of Bloicus in the manor of Trevhalum,^ and both the
1 Sense here most ohscure. 2 And Cartulary, fo. 33.
•' The place names are given in the Cartulary as Travelaboth, Lismanaoch
Treguauers, and Carmailoc, all described as "in amaneck." These should be
compared with the forms in No. 729, infra.
* No longer there now.
• Cart. : « Ludahanum." Cf. Domesday 1226 (2) : " Idem (Eicardus) tenet
Luduha[n]."
« Cart. : " Treiuhalo." Cf. D.B., 125o : " Blohin tenet Trevtha] "
ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL. 257
[1087-1091.]
fairs of the Mount. The count gives this to God and St.
Michael for the soul of William king of the English and for the
soul of king William his son, and for his own soul and that of
his deceased wife Mathildis and for his living one Almodis, and
for their boys. This oifering (caritas) is allowed by Kobert his
son, by the countess Almodis ; and William his other sou has
promised (concessit) to grant it if Almodis should leave no heir
and the land should thus return (reveniret) to him (William).
Istius caritatis istiusque conventionis existunt testes, a parte
comitis : Ranulfus Avenel, et Rotbertus Guauterides, et Robertus
Giroldi filius, et Herveus Avenel, et Ricardus dapifer ; et ex
parte sancti Michaelis : Albertus monachus, et Rainfredus de
Say^ monachus et Ligierius^ prepositus, et Rogerus de Ardevone,
et Guido de Monte, De conventione ista et caritate fecit
Rogerus abbas et monachi caritatem comiti Ix^^ librarum
Cenomanensium,^
1088. 717. Charter of Robert duke of the Normans, son of
(Original in private William, most glorJous king of the English. For the weal of
"^ Camfe,^fo.^80rf.' 'lis soul and those of his father and mother and all his prede-
Trans. Vol. II. cessors, he grants to Mont St. Michel — and for the soul of his
fo. 246.) brother Henry* — that a market be held for ever in the vill called
Ardevon ; and a fair, annually in the same vill, on the Nativity
of the Virgin ; and in Rouen, land for building a house thereon.
This gift was made in the year 1088, the worshipful and
strenuous Robert being abbot of Mont St. Michel.
[Signa] Rotberti comitis (Normannie) ; R[otberti] comitis de
Mellent ; Simonis de Gymilleio^ ; W[illelmi] de BretuiP ;
R[oberti^] vicecomitis ; W[illelmi*] de Tornebu ; Pagani de
Vilers ; R[adu]fi] Paganelli ; R[oberti''] filii Anschetilli ;
W[illelmi*] monachi de Archis ; Alberici de Cuceio ; R. capellani
Roberti comitis.®
[? 1085-1087.] 718. Charter of William (Wilgelmus) son of Hugh de
(OriginalinarciuTes."'Silliaco. For forgiveness of all the misdeeds of himself, his
'^'X'sTtV^ predecessors and his successors, he grants in the time of William
(Wilgelmi) king of the English, of Hoel bishop of Le Mans, of
Ubert the vicomte and of Geoffrey de Mayenne (Mahena), to
the monks of St. Michael, for the brotherhood and the prayers
of St. Michael and the monks his servants, all the dues on his
land of the monks' demesne [to be enjoyed] as their own in
peace, Ralf the monk and Andrew receiving them, on behalf of
that house with a green branch of thorn {cum spine viridi
ramo), Oldeburga {sic) allowing the gift on behalf of {loco) his
other sons and accepting the benefits [of brotherhood] for them.
• Cart.: "Sai." 2 ? Hgerius.
' The Cartulary adds : "Hoc facfam fuitvivente Eotberto comite Normannie et
Willelmo rege Anglorum, regis Willelmi filio " (which is obvious).
* Clause so placed in original.
° " Chymilleio " in Cartulary. " " Guillelmi de Bretuil " in Cartulary.
7 " Eotberti " in Cartulary. s « Guillelmi " in Cartulary.
' " Comitis Eotberti, comitis Normannie " in Cartulary.
'» And Cartulary fo. 78rf.
e 92684. B
258 ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL.
[? 1085-1087.]
Testimonio WilleJmi de Yernico, et Amelini forestarii, et
Berardi de Silliaco ; Warini filii Rogeri ; Radulfi de Dolieta ;
Erberti de Orca ; Thebaldi capellani ; Droconi[s] de Sancto
Christoforo ; Fulconi[s] Droardi, etc.
1110. 719. Charter of William de Tracy. On account of the
(9"f™''' ^° • greatness of his misdeeds, and for the salvation and good of his
TraS.^Vol.^lL°° ^^^^ ^°*^ ^-^^ souls of his predccessors, he has assumed the
fo. 248.) Benedictine garb at Mont St. Michel, by the favour of God and
by permission of the convent. And for this he has granted to
God and St. Michael and the monks the tithe of his mills at
Montpin9on and of his wood at Lucerne and of a mill which
was in the vill, and of the mill of Champr^pus (Campus Repus),
and of his mills at St. Vigor ; and the church of Argouges
(Argoge) with all its tithe, and the tithe of the mill there.
Hujus rei ex parte ipsius Guillelmi de Traceio testes fuerunt :
Turgisius episcopus Abrincensis ; Othoer de Soligneio ; Radulfus
de Nevilla; Radulfus Barbort. Ex parte vero monachorum:
Rogerus Bec-de-fert ; Gislebertus Bella-caligi ; Guillelmus
de Brichevilla. [Signa] Guillelmi de Traceio ; Rohespe]
uxoris sue ; Turgisi filii sui ; Henrici filii sui ; Gieve sororis
sue. Actum anno ab incarnatione l)omini M°c°xo, tempore
Turgisi episcopi Abrincensis qui hoc donum concessit.
[? Circ. 1125.1] IJ20, Charter of abbot Richard and the convent of Mont
(Cartulary. gt. Michel notifying that they have transferred the piece of
"^X. 255.) ' ground (platea) held by them, at Portesmues, from the king of
England, at an annual rent of twelvepence in usual money to
Stephen Le Bochier and his heirs in fee for ever, to be held of
them at an annual rent of sixpence and by honourably receiving
them and their servants into his inn (hospicium) at Portesmues,
and finding them in firing, candle, white robe (albam), straw
(paleam), and salt, as is the custom in feudal (feodcdes) inns,
as often as they happen to be at Portesmues, and he is to pay
the king the twelvepence which was paid by them and to
discharge all the burdens (honera) on that land. If Stephen or
his heirs should fail in any of their services, they shall have
the right to execute their justice there.
[? 1120-1180.] 721. Charter of Rotbert de Duxeio notifying that on the
(Cartulary, fo. 85rf.) eve of the Purification, he has entered the chapter of St.
Michael, and has given and granted the abbey (ecclesie) the land
of Fougeres (Fulgereio) which had been an alod {alodvm) of
his father and predecessors, for the good of his soul etc. This
was done in the presence of earl Rannulf and his barons of the
Avranchin (Abrincatensium), excepting the land of Ralf de
Veim which he held of him (Robert).^
1 This charter may be of much later date. The abbot's name is the only clue.
It was not found by the Editor in the Cartulary.
^ Clause inserted thus in charter.
ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL.
259
[? 1120-1130.]
Hoc doniim hujus terre concede ego Guillemus filius Rotberti
post mortem patris mei cum Cecilia.^ Hujus rei sunt testes :
Rotbertus de Duxeio ; Rannulfus comes^ ; Rotbertus Grevesac ;
Radulfus de Veim ; Radulfus de Brei; Alvredus de Maci;
Gradalonus de Taneia* ; Turgisus de Taneia; Guillemus
vavassor ; Gislebertus filius Adam ; Hamelinus filius Adam ;
Guillemus de Vira ; Bertrannus de Verdun* ; Stephanus de
Eschailli; Rannulfus et Rannulfus (sic) de Grandevilla
Guillemus filius Rotberti de Duxeio ; Cecilia uxor Rotberti
Judicalis presbyter ; Ricbardus Cardonis ; Alvredus de Maci
Guillelmus de Boce ; Richardus Levelatus ; Rogerius prepositus
Rogerius de Borrian ; Crispinus ; Rogerius de Brafes.
[1128-9.] 722. Charter of Rannulf Avenel. At the entreaty of the
(Cartulary, fo. 85.) monks, on the day of his father's burial, he gives them the
church of Sartilleium with eight arpents of land appurtenant,
in alms, in the place of the tithe of St. Evremund, which his
father and he had given them, and which he is now to keep
in his [own] hand[s], because it is too distant (remotior) from
the abbey. This he does by the advice of Robert de Duxeio
and 'other of his friends, etc
Facta est hsec carta in capitulo mentis tempore donni
Honorii pape, ecclesia Rothomagense pastore orbata, Turgiso
Abrincense presule annuente, Henrico glorioso rege existente
principe Anglorum et Normannorum. Et hec sunt signa
eorum qui hujus rei interfuerunt. [Signa] Rannulfi datoris ;
Rotberti de Duxeio ; Rotberti de Romaneio ; Alanni filio
Haimerici ; Rogerii camerarii ; Rivalloni Calciabovem ; Trehani
de Maiiieio ; Hamelini de Cortilz ; Hugonis prepositi Genitiensis ;
Turgisi filii Trehani ; Rotberti Catti ; Jordani dapiferi ; Rannulfi.
[1125-1129.]
(Cartulary.
Trans. Vol. II.
fo. 247.)
[? 1121.]
(Original in
private collection.
Caitulary, fo. 36.
Trans. Vol. IT.
fo. 250.)
723. Charter of Henry I. addressed to the archbishops etc.
of England. He gives to Mont St. Michel and the monks
there serving God twelve librates of land ia Devenesira, in his
manor of Budelega, in exchange for their two churches of
Walegrava and Oalcia which he has given to the abbey
(ecclesia) of Radinguis in almoin. It is to be held as freely
as those churches.
Test[ibus] Johanne episcopo Luxoviensi, et Gaufrido can-
cellario, et comite Willelmo de Varenna,^ et Guillelmo de Tanear-
viUa, et Gaufrido de Glintone, et Guillelmo de Ponte Achard,®
et Thoma de Sancto Johanne. Apud Pirarios super Andelam.
724. Notification that Thomas de Sancto Johanne, having
begun his castle at St. Jean, wasted and destroyed the woods
of Nerun and Crapalt, for its building, and then, eager with
greed, proceeded to the wood of Bivia and laid it waste, and
likewise occupied and seized (invadere) the lands of most of
1 Sic. 2 i.e., of Chester. ' Cf. Geoffrey de Mandeville, pp. 91, 104, 142.
* " Bertrannus de Verduno " is witness to a local charter of 1066 on fo. 84.
5 Cart. : " Warenna." ^ Eectius : " Archarum."
K 2
260 ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL.
[?1121,]
the vavassours in the Honour of St. Patemus and the Honour
of Genecium. The monks of St. Michael, hearing this, prayed
to God to have pity on their house and to avenge them swiftly
on such a wrongdoer etc. Hearing this, Thomas, in horror,
hastened like a madman to the' Mount, with his brothers John
and Roger and a great company, and enquired of the monks
why they were clamouring to God against him and his brethren.
On the monks fearlessly replying, because he had wasted their
woods and wrongfully seized their lands, he, by the counsel of
his brethren and of the leading men (proceres) who were with
him, threw himself with all his company at the foot of abbot
Roger and the monks, humbly begging them to have pity on
his brethren and himself, and allow them to be reconciled on
fair terms arranged by friends. The abbot, by counsel of the
monks, compassionately enquired- on what terms he and his
brethren were willing to be reconciled, as they could not absolve
them nor cease their clamour unless they gave up absolutely
everything they had seized. Thomas replied : " I will leave all
" the demesnes of the church in peace, lovingly, and only ask you
" to grant me and my brethren the service of those tenants
" (homines) who are our blood- relatives, saving [their watch
" and] ward at the Moimt, and you shall have the multure, and
" toll, and tailleg, and aids of their men, and such other services
" as are due to the over lord (Tnajori d/ymino). Only let the
" knight service (servitia Tnilitum) be granted to me and I wiU
" perform [their] service to you, and all else shall be yours.
" With my brethren, I beg you specially to grant me the service
" of these lands : in the Honour of St. Pair, the land of
" Rainald Coquus, on condition that if his heir should call on
" me to do so, I will restore it him, saving his personal service.
" Ralf Malregard on, going to Apulia mortgaged his land to a
" nephew of ours, Ralf de Port, for 12 marcs of silver, and now
" our friends have discussed it, and we have agreed, so that he
" has received from me 12 pounds [in money] of Le Mans for
" the land on the terms that when the son of Ralph Malregard
" is of an age to hold and administer (regere) his land, on my
" pledged faith and that of ray brethren, neither by force nor
" by evil device, will we or any heir of ours detain that land,
" but will promptly restore it, without question, on the said
"12 pounds being repaid to us or our heirs, and, for further
" security, I and my brethren swear of our own accord, on the
" Holy Gospels that we and our heirs will keep this under-
" taking. I have held till now, in wardship (enstodia) the land
" of Roger de Grandivilla, because he was my squire (armiger),
" but now [that] he is made a knight, in your pj-esence and'
" that of all these, both monks and laymen, I restore it to him,
" for I well know that, like the other barons of the abbey, he
" ought to serve the abbots; and in consideration of this I
" most huinbly implore you to grant me the service of Robert
" son of _ Ivo, retaining for yourselves the dues of all his men.
" William de Pomeria and Stephen de Tabula have made
" submission, as traitors (perfidi) to my brother Roger,
[? 1121.J
ABBEY OF MONT ST, MICHEL. 261
" whom I counsel to do you homage for their service and to
" become the abbey's man, on the terms that their vavassors,
" shall go and carry, wherever required, for you and your
" monks the wallets (Tnanticas) and clothes (pannos) of the
" monks and pay you tithe, multure, tollc, [and] aids, because
" we would not diminish the dues payable to this abbey to
" which we owe our bringing up and subsistence." Then Roger
arose and did homage to the abbot, and, on the Holy Gospels,
swore to be faithful to the abbey, and in no way to deprive it of
its dues or seize its lands. " In the honour of Genecium, I
" Thomas have mortgaged (invadimoniavi) the land of Getbo
" at Poterel on the terms that if the abbot and monks should
" repay me four pounds in money of Le Mans, they shall enjoy
" it in peace. Niel the priest, when leaving for Jerusalem
" (habiens jer'm}) mortgaged his vineyard to me for one marc
" of silver on the terms that if the monks of the abbey were
" willing to redeem it from me or any of my^ heirs they should
" enjoy it in peace, and while it is iu my hands or those of my
" heirs, the land-due (terrageum) shall be most fully and lawfully
" paid both from it and the other vineyards of my tenants {rusti-
" corum), nor shall the wine ever be removed till the land-due
" has been brought to St. Michael's winepress (thorcular), I
" restore to you the toll of Dune which 1 had unjustly usurped
" and seek your pardon for my wrongdoing therein ; also the land
" of Rainald de Monastero having learnt that I was persuaded by
" perfidy to accept (reoiperem) it ;